About Gainthi Village

Gainthi is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 99 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gainthi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gainthi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	80.65 hectares
Population	211
Male Population	99
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,131
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gainthi compares

By the 2011 count Gainthi is the 59th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 80.65 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Gainthi

Gainthi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gainthi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gainthi from other places

Gainthi lies about 27 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Gainthi
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	9.4 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	27 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	80 km

Villages closest to Gainthi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gainthi village had a population of 211. That makes it the 59th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Gainthi village has 99 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gainthi has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Gainthi is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gainthi covers 80.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gainthi falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gainthi is Kotdwara, about 80 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 village for Gainthi.

Gainthi is about 27 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gainthi is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 9.4 km away. Chamoli is about 27 km away. Srīnagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.