About Gostu Village

Gostu is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 45 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gostu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gostu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	116.24 hectares
Population	91
Male Population	45
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
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 Gostu compares

By the 2011 count Gostu is the 84th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 116.24 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 1158.

Getting to Gostu

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

Gostu lies about 55 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 60 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 Gostu
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	11 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	55 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	60 km

Villages closest to Gostu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gostu village had a population of 91. That makes it the 84th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Gostu village has 45 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gostu has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Gostu is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gostu covers 116.24 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.

Gostu falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gostu is Rishikesh, about 60 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 Gostu.

Gostu is about 55 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gostu is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Srinagar is about 11 km away. Srīnagar is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.