About Gairi Village

Gairi is a small village in Chamoli tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 121 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,256 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246435, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Chamoli
Pincode	246435
Area (hectares)	221.25 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	121
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,256
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gairi compares

By the 2011 count Gairi is the 100th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 381 residents. Its 221.25 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1040.

Getting to Gairi

Gairi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gairi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gairi from other places

Gairi lies about 2.8 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 104 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 Gairi
Tehsil headquarters	Chamoli	2.8 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	55 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	104 km

Villages closest to Gairi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairi village had a population of 273. That makes it the 100th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 381 residents.

Gairi village has 121 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairi has about 1256 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Gairi is 246435. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gairi covers 221.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gairi falls under Chamoli tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gairi is Rishikesh, about 104 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gairi.

Gairi is about 2.8 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gairi is in Chamoli tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 2.8 km away. Srīnagar is about 55 km away. Rishikesh is about 104 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.