About Rand Gaon Village

Rand Gaon is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 39 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246277, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rand Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rand Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246277
Area (hectares)	90.36 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	39
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
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 Rand Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Rand Gaon is the 188th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 90.36 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Rand Gaon

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

Rand Gaon lies about 17 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Rand Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	17 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	27 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	27 km

Villages closest to Rand 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.

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Common questions about Rand Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Rand Gaon village had a population of 80. That makes it the 188th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Rand Gaon village has 39 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rand Gaon has about 1051 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 Rand Gaon is 246277. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rand Gaon covers 90.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rand Gaon is Kotdwara, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rand Gaon.

Rand Gaon is about 17 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rand Gaon is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 17 km away. Garhwal is about 17 km away. Kotdwara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.