About Ghighau Village

Ghighau is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 101 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghighau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghighau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	395.07 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	101
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghighau compares

By the 2011 count Ghighau is the 92nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 395.07 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Ghighau

Ghighau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghighau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ghighau from other places

Ghighau lies about 36 km from Dehradun. 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 Ghighau
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	11 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	24 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	36 km

Villages closest to Ghighau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghighau village had a population of 187. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Ghighau village has 101 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghighau has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Ghighau is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghighau covers 395.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghighau falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Ghighau notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghighau.

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

Ghighau is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 11 km away. Mussoorie is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.