About Ghes Village

Ghes is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 702, made up of 330 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghes Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghes village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	337.93 hectares
Population	702
Male Population	330
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
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 Ghes compares

By the 2011 count Ghes is the 23rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 337.93 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Ghes

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

Ghes lies about 47 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 97 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 Ghes
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	17 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	47 km
Nearest town	Almora	59 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	97 km

Villages closest to Ghes

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 Ghes

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghes village had a population of 702. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Ghes village has 330 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghes has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Ghes is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghes covers 337.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghes falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghes is Kathgodam, about 97 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 Ghes.

Ghes is about 47 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghes is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 17 km away. Chamoli is about 47 km away. Almora is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.