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About Vistana Village

Vistana is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 8 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vistana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vistana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 27.76 hectares
Population 16
Male Population 8
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Vistana compares

By the 2011 count Vistana is the 280th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 27.76 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1139.

Getting to Vistana

Vistana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Vistana as Available within 5 - 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 Vistana from other places

Vistana lies about 7.6 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Vistana
District headquarters Garhwal 7.6 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Vistana

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 Vistana

As per the Census of India 2011, Vistana village had a population of 16. That makes it the 280th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Vistana village has 8 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vistana has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

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

Vistana covers 27.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vistana falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Vistana is Kotdwara, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Vistana.

Vistana is about 7.6 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vistana is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 7.6 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Kotdwara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tairi (under 2 km), Jhatari (under 2 km) and Chanda Palla (under 2 km).

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

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