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About Tent Gaon Village

Tent Gaon is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 23 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tent Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tent Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246161
Area (hectares) 30.28 hectares
Population 47
Male Population 23
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
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 Tent Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Tent Gaon is the 254th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 30.28 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Tent Gaon

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

Tent 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 Tent 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 Tent 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 Tent Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Tent Gaon village had a population of 47. That makes it the 254th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Tent Gaon village has 23 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tent Gaon has about 1043 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 Tent Gaon is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tent Gaon covers 30.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tent 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 Tent Gaon.

Tent 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.

Tent 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.

The closest recorded villages are Gel Gaon (under 2 km), Rand Gaon (under 2 km) and Thep Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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