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About Gorchha Village

Gorchha is a small village in Tyuni tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 137 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorchha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorchha village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Tyuni
Pincode 248126
Area (hectares) 140.16 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 137
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
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 Gorchha compares

By the 2011 count Gorchha is the 59th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 414 residents. Its 140.16 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Gorchha

Gorchha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gorchha 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 Devdhar Range, Dimich, Dirnad and Dungri. 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 Gorchha

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorchha village had a population of 260. That makes it the 59th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 414 residents.

Gorchha village has 137 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorchha has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Gorchha is 248126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorchha covers 140.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gorchha falls under Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Gorchha 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 Gorchha.

Gorchha is in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun 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 Gorchha today is likely to be higher.

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