About Gahar Village

Gahar is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 60 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246149
Area (hectares)	107.34 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	60
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 Gahar compares

By the 2011 count Gahar is the 168th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 107.34 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Gahar

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

Gahar lies about 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Gahar
Nearest town	Pauri	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	40 km

Villages closest to Gahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahar village had a population of 117. That makes it the 168th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Gahar village has 60 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahar has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Gahar is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahar covers 107.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahar falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gahar is Kotdwara, about 40 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 Gahar.

Gahar is about 29 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahar is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 29 km away. Kotdwara is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.