# Ghorhab Village, Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Nagrota Bagwan, Kangra 

# Ghorhab

Ghorhab is a village in Nagrota Bagwan sub-district of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **176056**. The 2011 Census counted **462 people in 107 households**, the 60th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.2%.

- 462people (2011)
- 107households
- 82.8%literacy
- 176056PIN code

## Ghorhab PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ghorhab is 176056.** Ghorhab falls in Nagrota Bagwan sub-district, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code176056
- Community development blockNagrota Bagwan
- Census village code009956

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Ghorhab from nearby towns?

- Nagrota Bagwan (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Dharmsala (district HQ)25 km by road
- Nagrota Bagwan (nearest town)2 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Ghorhab?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Ghorhab; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Nagrota Bagwan
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nagrota Bagwan
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Nagrota Bagwan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sarogi
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ghorhab known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 61% of the 27 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Ghorhab

Of every 100 households in Ghorhab in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghorhab · ■ Nagrota Bagwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**33%

Tap water ****29%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**54%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**45%

Use banking services ****100%**

**97%

Television ****73%**

**81%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**5%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ghorhab?

■ Ghorhab · ■ Nagrota Bagwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**85.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**1009

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**926

Working population ****36.6%**

**51.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 77.4% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (11%) · **■** Household industry 8 (5%) · **■** Other work 43 (25%) · **■** Marginal 73 (43%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nagrota Bagwan

- Gashtwad480 people
- Gabla Andrar476 people
- Drub Khal472 people
- Jurgehr470 people
- Tarihara461 people
- Dranga435 people
- Sakrehr433 people
- Jhikla Balla417 people

[All 175 villages in Nagrota Bagwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/kangra/nagrota-bagwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ghorhab?176056
- How far is Ghorhab from Dharmsala?25 km by road
- What is the population of Ghorhab?462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorhab in?Kangra district (Nagrota Bagwan sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorhab?82.8% (Census 2011)
