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About Guniyal Village

Guniyal is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 67 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guniyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guniyal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 137.11 hectares
Population 142
Male Population 67
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
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 Guniyal compares

By the 2011 count Guniyal is the 196th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 137.11 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Guniyal

Guniyal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Guniyal 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 Guniyal from other places

Guniyal lies about 9.4 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Guniyal
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 4.0 km
District headquarters Garhwal 9.4 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 20 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 20 km

Villages closest to Guniyal

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 Guniyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Guniyal village had a population of 142. That makes it the 196th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Guniyal village has 67 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guniyal has about 1119 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 Guniyal is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guniyal covers 137.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guniyal falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guniyal is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Guniyal.

Guniyal is about 9.4 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guniyal is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 4.0 km away. Garhwal is about 9.4 km away. Kotdwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amkatala (under 2 km), Manthala (under 2 km) and Arari (under 2 km).

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

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