About Galnau Village

Galnau is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 69 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,348 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galnau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galnau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246444
Area (hectares)	43.81 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	69
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,348
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Galnau compares

By the 2011 count Galnau is the 82nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 43.81 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Galnau

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

Galnau lies about 21 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 86 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 Galnau
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	3.6 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	21 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	39 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	86 km

Villages closest to Galnau

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 Galnau

As per the Census of India 2011, Galnau village had a population of 162. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Galnau village has 69 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galnau has about 1348 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Galnau is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galnau covers 43.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Galnau falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Galnau is Kotdwara, about 86 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 5 - 10 km distance for Galnau.

Galnau is about 21 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galnau is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 3.6 km away. Chamoli is about 21 km away. Srīnagar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.