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About Ghaura Palla Village

Ghaura Palla is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 78 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghaura Palla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghaura Palla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 146.2 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 78
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghaura Palla compares

By the 2011 count Ghaura Palla is the 169th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 146.2 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1243.

Getting to Ghaura Palla

Ghaura Palla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghaura Palla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ghaura Palla from other places

Ghaura Palla lies about 8.6 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 Ghaura Palla
District headquarters Garhwal 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 10 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Ghaura Palla

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.

Common questions about Ghaura Palla

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghaura Palla village had a population of 158. That makes it the 169th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Ghaura Palla village has 78 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghaura Palla has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Ghaura Palla is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghaura Palla covers 146.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghaura Palla falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghaura Palla 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ghaura Palla.

Ghaura Palla is about 8.6 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghaura Palla is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 8.6 km away. Lansdowne is about 10 km away. Kotdwāra 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 Kodiyal Danda Palla (under 2 km), Mohar Gaon Palla (under 2 km) and Tairi (under 2 km).

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

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