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About Kaoriya Village

Kaoriya is a mid sized village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,311, made up of 705 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaoriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaoriya village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 31.44 hectares
Population 1,311
Male Population 705
Female Population 606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kaoriya compares

By the 2011 count Kaoriya is the 25th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 31.44 hectares work out to about 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kaoriya

Kaoriya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kaoriya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kaoriya from other places

Kaoriya lies about 31 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Kaoriya
District headquarters Garhwal 31 km
Nearest town Afzalgarh 36 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 37 km

Villages closest to Kaoriya

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.

Common questions about Kaoriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaoriya village had a population of 1,311. That makes it the 25th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kaoriya village has 705 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaoriya has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

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

Kaoriya covers 31.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 42 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Kaoriya falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kaoriya is Kotdwara, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kaoriya.

Kaoriya is about 31 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaoriya is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 31 km away. Afzalgarh is about 36 km away. Kotdwara is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawasha (5.3 km), Kotridhank (5.7 km) and Adali (8.1 km).

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

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