About Gangaou Village

Gangaou is a mid sized village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 574, made up of 254 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,260 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246285, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangaou Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangaou village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246285
Area (hectares)	113.8 hectares
Population	574
Male Population	254
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,260
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangaou compares

By the 2011 count Gangaou is the 30th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 113.8 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Gangaou

Gangaou is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangaou 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 Gangaou from other places

Gangaou 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 Gangaou
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	4.0 km
Nearest town	Pauri	30 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	45 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	56 km

Villages closest to Gangaou

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangaou village had a population of 574. That makes it the 30th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Gangaou village has 254 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangaou has about 1260 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Gangaou is 246285. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangaou covers 113.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gangaou falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangaou 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 Gangaou.

Gangaou 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.

Gangaou is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 4.0 km away. Pauri is about 30 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.