About Jai Gaon Village

Jai Gaon is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 136 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jai Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jai Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	155.75 hectares
Population	301
Male Population	136
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,213
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 Jai Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Jai Gaon is the 81st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 155.75 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Jai Gaon

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

Jai Gaon lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Jai Gaon
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km

Villages closest to Jai Gaon

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 Jai Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Jai Gaon village had a population of 301. That makes it the 81st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Jai Gaon village has 136 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jai Gaon has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Jai Gaon is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jai Gaon covers 155.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jai Gaon falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jai Gaon is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Jai Gaon.

Jai Gaon is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jai Gaon is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.