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About Garhi Gaon Village

Garhi Gaon is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 11 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhi Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhi Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 48.23 hectares
Population 17
Male Population 11
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 545
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 Garhi Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Garhi Gaon is the 220th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 48.23 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1227.

Getting to Garhi Gaon

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

Garhi Gaon lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Garhi Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 3.6 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 23 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 23 km

Villages closest to Garhi 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.

Common questions about Garhi Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhi Gaon village had a population of 17. That makes it the 220th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Garhi Gaon village has 11 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhi Gaon has about 545 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 Garhi Gaon is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhi Gaon covers 48.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Garhi Gaon is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Garhi Gaon.

Garhi Gaon is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhi Gaon is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 3.6 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotal Manda (under 2 km), Bair Gaon (under 2 km) and Raitpur Malla (2.0 km).

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

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