About Gerur Village

Gerur is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 387, made up of 200 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gerur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gerur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	192.03 hectares
Population	387
Male Population	200
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Gerur compares

By the 2011 count Gerur is the 68th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 192.03 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Gerur

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

Gerur lies about 34 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Gerur
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	6.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	34 km
Nearest town	Almora	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	92 km

Villages closest to Gerur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gerur village had a population of 387. That makes it the 68th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Gerur village has 200 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gerur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Gerur is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gerur covers 192.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gerur falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gerur is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Gerur.

Gerur is about 34 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gerur is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 6.9 km away. Chamoli is about 34 km away. Almora is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.