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About Ghursingi Village

Ghursingi 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 6 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghursingi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghursingi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 73.2 hectares
Population 17
Male Population 6
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghursingi compares

By the 2011 count Ghursingi 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 73.2 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 Ghursingi

Ghursingi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghursingi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ghursingi from other places

Ghursingi lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Ghursingi
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 9.2 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 24 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 24 km

Villages closest to Ghursingi

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 Ghursingi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghursingi 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.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghursingi has about 1833 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Ghursingi covers 73.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghursingi falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghursingi is Kotdwara, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghursingi.

Ghursingi is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghursingi is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 9.2 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gawal Gaon (under 2 km), Bhal Gaon (under 2 km) and Patal Gonth (1.5 km).

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

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