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About Gujar Khand Village

Gujar Khand is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 42 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gujar Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gujar Khand village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 58.72 hectares
Population 96
Male Population 42
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,286
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gujar Khand compares

By the 2011 count Gujar Khand is the 107th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 58.72 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Gujar Khand

Gujar Khand is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gujar Khand as Available within <5 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 Gujar Khand from other places

Gujar Khand lies about 23 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Gujar Khand
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 14 km
District headquarters Garhwal 23 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 33 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 33 km

Villages closest to Gujar Khand

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 Gujar Khand

As per the Census of India 2011, Gujar Khand village had a population of 96. That makes it the 107th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Gujar Khand village has 42 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gujar Khand has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Gujar Khand covers 58.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gujar Khand falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gujar Khand is Kotdwara, about 33 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 10+ km distance for Gujar Khand.

Gujar Khand is about 23 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gujar Khand is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 14 km away. Garhwal is about 23 km away. Kotdwāra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chor Lagga Gujarkhand (under 2 km), Chaud (under 2 km) and Chaundi (under 2 km).

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

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