The village's foundations were laid in 1925 by Hari Nanda Surira, who was a timber merchant.
[citation needed] The project's success reportedly influenced the inclusion of block development as a strategy in subsequent five-year plans of India.
[citation needed] Every year a fair is organized at Hanuman Temple and attended by a large number of locals.
One can reach Ghansali by hiring a taxi from the city's of Rishikesh, Dehradun, or Rudraprayag.
Ghansali is located along an important route for pilgrimages to the Hindu religious site of Char Dham.