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About Gangoli Village

Gangoli is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 27 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246279
Area (hectares) 68.92 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 27
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
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 Gangoli compares

By the 2011 count Gangoli is the 233rd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 68.92 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Gangoli

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

Gangoli lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 25 km away. 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 Gangoli
Tehsil headquarters Dhoomakot 16 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 25 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 25 km

Villages closest to Gangoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangoli village had a population of 55. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Gangoli village has 27 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangoli has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Gangoli is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangoli covers 68.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangoli falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangoli is Kotdwara, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Gangoli.

Gangoli is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangoli is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sandna (under 2 km), Batula Talla (1.9 km) and Kasana Bichla (2.2 km).

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

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