About Naraya Village

Naraya is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 245 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naraya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	368.04 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	245
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
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 Naraya compares

By the 2011 count Naraya is the 40th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 368.04 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Naraya

Naraya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Naraya 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 Naraya from other places

Naraya lies about 42 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 Naraya
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	5.2 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	32 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	42 km

Villages closest to Naraya

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 Naraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Naraya village had a population of 420. That makes it the 40th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Naraya village has 245 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naraya has about 714 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 Naraya is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naraya covers 368.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naraya falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Naraya 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 Naraya.

Naraya is about 42 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naraya is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 5.2 km away. Mussoorie is about 32 km away. Dehradun is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.