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About Otinda Gaon Village

Otinda Gaon is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 190 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Otinda Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Otinda Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246161
Area (hectares) 266.66 hectares
Population 358
Male Population 190
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Otinda Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Otinda Gaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 266.66 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1280.

Getting to Otinda Gaon

Otinda Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Otinda Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Otinda Gaon from other places

Otinda Gaon lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 29 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 Otinda Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Dhoomakot 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Pauri 24 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 29 km

Villages closest to Otinda Gaon

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 Otinda Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Otinda Gaon village had a population of 358. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Otinda Gaon village has 190 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Otinda Gaon has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Otinda Gaon is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Otinda Gaon covers 266.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Otinda Gaon falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Otinda Gaon is Kotdwara, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Otinda Gaon.

Otinda Gaon is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Otinda Gaon is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Pauri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thapla Walla (3.1 km), Bhopati (3.7 km) and Pat Gaon Malla (3.7 km).

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

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