About Gauchheda Village

Gauchheda is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 76 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,408 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gauchheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauchheda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246170
Area (hectares)	126.16 hectares
Population	183
Male Population	76
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,408
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gauchheda compares

By the 2011 count Gauchheda is the 136th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 126.16 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1243.

Getting to Gauchheda

Gauchheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gauchheda 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gauchheda from other places

Gauchheda lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Gauchheda
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	33 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	33 km

Villages closest to Gauchheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauchheda village had a population of 183. That makes it the 136th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Gauchheda village has 76 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauchheda has about 1408 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Gauchheda is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gauchheda covers 126.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gauchheda falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gauchheda is Kotdwara, about 33 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gauchheda.

Gauchheda is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauchheda is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 22 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Kotdwara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.