About Paranda Village

Paranda is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 130 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paranda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paranda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	380.18 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	130
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paranda compares

By the 2011 count Paranda is the 37th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 380.18 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Paranda

Paranda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paranda as Available within 10+ 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 Paranda from other places

Paranda lies about 17 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Paranda
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	17 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Paranda

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 Paranda

As per the Census of India 2011, Paranda village had a population of 266. That makes it the 37th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Paranda village has 130 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paranda has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Paranda is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paranda covers 380.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paranda falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paranda is Kotdwara, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Paranda.

Paranda is about 17 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paranda is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 17 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.