About Agar Village

Agar is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 88 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	48.64 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	88
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
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 Agar compares

By the 2011 count Agar is the 115th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 48.64 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 Agar

Agar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Agar 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 Agar from other places

Agar lies about 8.8 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 61 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 Agar
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	8.8 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	8.8 km
Nearest town	Almora	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	61 km

Villages closest to Agar

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 Agar

As per the Census of India 2011, Agar village had a population of 195. That makes it the 115th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Agar village has 88 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agar has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

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

Agar covers 48.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agar falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Agar is Kathgodam, about 61 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 Agar.

Agar is about 8.8 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agar is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 8.8 km away. Bageshwar is about 8.8 km away. Almora is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.