About Payal Gaon Village

Payal Gaon is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 48 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 688 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	249301
Area (hectares)	86.98 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	48
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	688
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Payal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Payal Gaon is the 378th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 86.98 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Payal Gaon

Payal Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Payal Gaon as Available within village. 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 Payal Gaon from other places

Payal Gaon lies about 50 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Payal Gaon
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	30 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	50 km

Villages closest to Payal Gaon

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 Payal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Payal Gaon village had a population of 81. That makes it the 378th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Payal Gaon village has 48 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payal Gaon has about 688 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Payal Gaon is 249301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payal Gaon covers 86.98 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.

Payal Gaon falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Payal Gaon is Rishikesh, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Payal Gaon.

Payal Gaon is about 50 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payal Gaon is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Tehri is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 24 km away. Pauri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.