About Gair Village

Gair is a large village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,652, made up of 1,405 males and 1,247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246488, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gair village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246488
Area (hectares)	96.72 hectares
Population	2,652
Male Population	1,405
Female Population	1,247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gair compares

By the 2011 count Gair is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 96.72 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Gair

Gair is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gair as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gair from other places

Gair lies about 62 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 60 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 Gair
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	27 km
Nearest town	Almora	36 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	60 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	62 km

Villages closest to Gair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gair village had a population of 2,652. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Gair village has 1,405 males and 1,247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gair has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Gair is 246488. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gair covers 96.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gair falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gair is Ramnagar, about 60 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gair.

Gair is about 62 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gair is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 27 km away. Almora is about 36 km away. Ramnagar is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.