About Gaind Village

Gaind is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 177 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 664.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaind village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	664.76 hectares
Population	351
Male Population	177
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 Gaind compares

By the 2011 count Gaind is the 22nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 664.76 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Gaind

Gaind is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaind 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 Gaind from other places

Gaind lies about 29 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Gaind
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	9.3 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	19 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	29 km

Villages closest to Gaind

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaind village had a population of 351. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Gaind village has 177 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaind has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Gaind is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaind covers 664.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaind falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaind is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Gaind.

Gaind is about 29 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaind is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 9.3 km away. Rishīkesh is about 18 km away. Rishikesh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.