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About Gairoli Village

Gairoli is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 75 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gairoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246444
Area (hectares) 92.07 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 75
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
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 Gairoli compares

By the 2011 count Gairoli is the 89th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 92.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Gairoli

Gairoli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gairoli 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 Gairoli from other places

Gairoli 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 Gairoli
District headquarters Chamoli 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 19 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 55 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 104 km

Villages closest to Gairoli

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.

Common questions about Gairoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairoli village had a population of 155. That makes it the 89th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Gairoli village has 75 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairoli has about 1067 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 Gairoli is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gairoli covers 92.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gairoli falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gairoli 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 Gairoli.

Gairoli 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.

Gairoli is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 2.8 km away. Karnaprayag is about 19 km away. Srīnagar is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matha Manda (4.4 km), Siroli (6.3 km) and Kanauth (7.9 km).

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

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