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About Nail Village

Nail is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 66 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,545 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 92.6 hectares
Population 168
Male Population 66
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,545
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 81st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 92.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1206.

Getting to Nail

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

Nail lies about 33 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 13 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 Nail
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 6.8 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 12 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 13 km
District headquarters Garhwal 33 km

Villages closest to Nail

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.

Common questions about Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 168. That makes it the 81st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Nail village has 66 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 1545 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

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

Nail covers 92.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nail falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nail is Rishikesh, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Nail.

Nail is about 33 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.8 km away. Rishīkesh is about 12 km away. Rishikesh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khera Malla (under 2 km), Kukreti Dhar (1.5 km) and Khera Talla (1.9 km).

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

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