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About Gasi Village

Gasi is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 269 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,249 females per 1000 males. The village covers 844.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gasi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 844.09 hectares
Population 605
Male Population 269
Female Population 336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,249
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gasi compares

By the 2011 count Gasi is the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 844.09 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Gasi

Gasi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gasi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Gasi from other places

Gasi lies about 30 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 95 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 Gasi
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 13 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 54 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 95 km

Villages closest to Gasi

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

Common questions about Gasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gasi village had a population of 605. That makes it the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Gasi village has 269 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gasi has about 1249 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Gasi is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gasi covers 844.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gasi falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gasi is Kathgodam, about 95 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gasi.

Gasi is about 30 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gasi is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 13 km away. Bageshwar is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saling (under 2 km), Saling Udiyar (under 2 km) and Suding (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gasi today is likely to be higher.

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