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About Ratgaon Goonth Village

Ratgaon Goonth is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 129 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratgaon Goonth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratgaon Goonth village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Tharali
Pincode 246481
Area (hectares) 187.01 hectares
Population 261
Male Population 129
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Ratgaon Goonth compares

By the 2011 count Ratgaon Goonth is the 113th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 187.01 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1152.

Getting to Ratgaon Goonth

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

Ratgaon Goonth lies about 36 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 93 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 Ratgaon Goonth
Tehsil headquarters Tharali 7.0 km
District headquarters Chamoli 36 km
Nearest town Almora 62 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 93 km

Villages closest to Ratgaon Goonth

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.

Common questions about Ratgaon Goonth

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratgaon Goonth village had a population of 261. That makes it the 113th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Ratgaon Goonth village has 129 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratgaon Goonth has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Ratgaon Goonth covers 187.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratgaon Goonth falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratgaon Goonth is Ramnagar, about 93 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 Ratgaon Goonth.

Ratgaon Goonth is about 36 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratgaon Goonth is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 7.0 km away. Chamoli is about 36 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.

The closest recorded villages are Ratgaon Chak (under 2 km), Diden Chak Vaan (2.0 km) and Bursol (2.0 km).

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

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