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About Gaja Village

Gaja is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 50 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaja village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 122.34 hectares
Population 110
Male Population 50
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,200
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 Gaja compares

By the 2011 count Gaja is the 243rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 122.34 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Gaja

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

Gaja lies about 30 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Gaja
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 37 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 37 km

Villages closest to Gaja

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 Gaja

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaja village had a population of 110. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Gaja village has 50 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaja has about 1200 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 Gaja is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaja covers 122.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaja falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaja is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Gaja.

Gaja is about 30 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaja is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muchelgaon (under 2 km), Meldhar (under 2 km) and Jaskot (under 2 km).

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

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