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About Pili Village

Pili is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 82 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,268 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pili village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246173
Area (hectares) 241.12 hectares
Population 186
Male Population 82
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,268
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 Pili compares

By the 2011 count Pili is the 133rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 241.12 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Pili

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

Pili lies about 20 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 Pili
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 13 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Pauri 25 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 32 km

Villages closest to Pili

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 Pili

As per the Census of India 2011, Pili village had a population of 186. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Pili village has 82 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pili has about 1268 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Pili is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pili covers 241.12 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.

Pili falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pili 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 Pili.

Pili is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pili is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 13 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Pauri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandil (under 2 km), Mandoli (2.4 km) and Mandoli Malli (2.4 km).

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

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