About Nail Village

Nail is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 679, made up of 302 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,248 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	115.33 hectares
Population	679
Male Population	302
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,248
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 Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 16th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 115.33 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Nail

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

Nail lies about 39 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Nail
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	1.6 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	39 km
Nearest town	Pauri	49 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	76 km

Villages closest to Nail

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 Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 679. That makes it the 16th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Nail village has 302 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 1248 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Nail is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nail covers 115.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nail falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nail is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Nail.

Nail is about 39 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 1.6 km away. Chamoli is about 39 km away. Pauri is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.