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About Guthar Village

Guthar is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 92 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,239 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guthar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guthar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Chakrata
Pincode 248123
Area (hectares) 371.56 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 92
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,239
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 Guthar compares

By the 2011 count Guthar is the 84th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 371.56 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Guthar

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

Guthar lies about 45 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 Guthar
Tehsil headquarters Chakrata 19 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 30 km
District headquarters Dehradun 45 km

Villages closest to Guthar

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.

Common questions about Guthar

As per the Census of India 2011, Guthar village had a population of 206. That makes it the 84th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Guthar village has 92 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guthar has about 1239 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

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

Guthar covers 371.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guthar falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Guthar 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 Guthar.

Guthar is about 45 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guthar is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 19 km away. Mussoorie is about 30 km away. Dehradun is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaura Pudia (under 2 km), Lakha Mandal (under 2 km) and Chhultar (2.4 km).

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

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