About Ashgarh Village

Ashgarh is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 192 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashgarh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246143
Area (hectares)	251.19 hectares
Population	407
Male Population	192
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ashgarh compares

By the 2011 count Ashgarh is the 44th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 251.19 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1259.

Getting to Ashgarh

Ashgarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ashgarh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ashgarh from other places

Ashgarh lies about 38 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 48 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 Ashgarh
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	5.6 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	38 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	48 km

Villages closest to Ashgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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.

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Common questions about Ashgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashgarh village had a population of 407. That makes it the 44th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Ashgarh village has 192 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashgarh has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Ashgarh is 246143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashgarh covers 251.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ashgarh falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ashgarh is Kotdwara, about 48 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ashgarh.

Ashgarh is about 38 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashgarh is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 5.6 km away. Garhwal is about 38 km away. Kotdwara is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.