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About Gairi Village

Gairi is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 66 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262527
Area (hectares) 31.73 hectares
Population 142
Male Population 66
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,152
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 Gairi compares

By the 2011 count Gairi is the 163rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 31.73 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Gairi

Gairi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gairi 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. The nearest villages by name are Fafar, Fartola, Forti and Funda Patni. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gairi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairi village had a population of 142. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Gairi village has 66 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairi has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Gairi is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gairi covers 31.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gairi falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Gairi notes the nearest railway station 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 Gairi.

Gairi is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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