About Gan Gaon Village

Gan Gaon is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 45 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 533 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gan Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gan Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	22.44 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	45
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	533
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gan Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gan Gaon is the 136th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 22.44 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Gan Gaon

Gan Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gan Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gan Gaon from other places

Gan Gaon lies about 45 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 56 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 Gan Gaon
Nearest town	Pauri	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	31 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	45 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	56 km

Villages closest to Gan Gaon

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.

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Common questions about Gan Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gan Gaon village had a population of 69. That makes it the 136th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Gan Gaon village has 45 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gan Gaon has about 533 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Gan Gaon covers 22.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gan Gaon falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gan Gaon is Kotdwara, about 56 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gan Gaon.

Gan Gaon is about 45 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gan Gaon is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 30 km away. Satpuli is about 31 km away. Garhwal is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.