About Gairlekh Village

Gairlekh is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 70 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,514 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gairlekh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairlekh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	69.34 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	70
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,514
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gairlekh compares

By the 2011 count Gairlekh is the 123rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 69.34 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Gairlekh

Gairlekh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gairlekh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gairlekh from other places

Gairlekh lies about 23 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 74 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gairlekh
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	23 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	23 km
Nearest town	Almora	38 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	74 km

Villages closest to Gairlekh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garud tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gairlekh

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairlekh village had a population of 176. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Gairlekh village has 70 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairlekh has about 1514 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Gairlekh is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gairlekh covers 69.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gairlekh falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gairlekh is Ramnagar, about 74 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gairlekh.

Gairlekh is about 23 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gairlekh is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 23 km away. Bageshwar is about 23 km away. Almora is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.