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About Ghiri Village

Ghiri is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 5 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghiri village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 14.56 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 5
Female Population 6
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 Ghiri compares

By the 2011 count Ghiri is the 439th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 14.56 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Ghiri

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

Ghiri lies about 31 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 42 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 Ghiri
Nearest town Pauri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 25 km
District headquarters Garhwal 31 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 42 km

Villages closest to Ghiri

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 Ghiri

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghiri village had a population of 11. That makes it the 439th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Ghiri village has 5 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghiri 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 Ghiri is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghiri covers 14.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghiri falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghiri is Kotdwara, about 42 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 Ghiri.

Ghiri is about 31 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghiri is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 13 km away. Lansdowne is about 25 km away. Garhwal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agroda (under 2 km), Jaspur (2.7 km) and Choukari Palli (3.4 km).

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

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