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About Gaddai Village

Gaddai is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 22 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,591 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaddai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaddai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 95.14 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 22
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,591
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaddai compares

By the 2011 count Gaddai is the 144th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 95.14 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Gaddai

Gaddai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gaddai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gaddai from other places

Gaddai lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 29 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 Gaddai
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 4.5 km
District headquarters Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Pauri 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 29 km

Villages closest to Gaddai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaddai village had a population of 57. That makes it the 144th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Gaddai village has 22 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaddai has about 1591 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Gaddai is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaddai covers 95.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaddai falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaddai is Kotdwara, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Gaddai.

Gaddai is about 18 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaddai is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 4.5 km away. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Pauri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamdal (under 2 km), Bantholi (under 2 km) and Moundari (1.5 km).

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

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