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About Nail Village

Nail is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 71 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 112.04 hectares
Population 151
Male Population 71
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
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 Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 179th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 112.04 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Nail

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

Nail lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Nail
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 13 km
District headquarters Garhwal 21 km
Nearest town Pauri 31 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 32 km

Villages closest to Nail

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 Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 151. That makes it the 179th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Nail village has 71 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 1127 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 Nail is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nail covers 112.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nail falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nail is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Nail.

Nail is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 13 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Pauri 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 Kathwara Maudari (2.4 km), Kudar (2.4 km) and Malan Range (3.2 km).

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

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