About Kasan Village

Kasan is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 123 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,220 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	172.6 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	123
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,220
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kasan compares

By the 2011 count Kasan is the 34th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 172.6 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Kasan

Kasan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kasan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kasan from other places

Kasan lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Raiwala Junction, about 14 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 Kasan
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Raiwala Junction	14 km
Nearest town	Haridwar	17 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km

Villages closest to Kasan

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 Kasan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasan village had a population of 273. That makes it the 34th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Kasan village has 123 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasan has about 1220 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Kasan covers 172.6 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.

Kasan falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kasan is Raiwala Junction, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kasan.

Kasan is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kasan is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.6 km away. Raiwala Junction is about 14 km away. Haridwar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.