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About Sunar Gaon Village

Sunar Gaon is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 27 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,519 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunar Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 18.48 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 27
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,519
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Sunar Gaon is the 210th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 18.48 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Sunar Gaon

Sunar Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sunar Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sunar Gaon from other places

Sunar Gaon lies about 1.8 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 12 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 Sunar Gaon
District headquarters Garhwal 1.8 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 12 km

Villages closest to Sunar 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.

Common questions about Sunar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunar Gaon village had a population of 68. That makes it the 210th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Sunar Gaon village has 27 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunar Gaon has about 1519 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Sunar Gaon is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunar Gaon covers 18.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sunar Gaon is Kotdwara, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sunar Gaon.

Sunar Gaon is about 1.8 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunar Gaon is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 1.8 km away. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Godi Badi (under 2 km), Fatehpur Malla (under 2 km) and Fatehpur Talla (under 2 km).

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

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