About Gaaj Village

Gaaj is a small village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 42 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaaj village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263831
Area (hectares)	47.89 hectares
Population	79
Male Population	42
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Gaaj compares

By the 2011 count Gaaj is the 85th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 47.89 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Gaaj

Gaaj is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gaaj 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 Gaaj from other places

Gaaj lies about 26 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 32 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 Gaaj
Nearest town	Almora	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	20 km
District headquarters	Nainital	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	32 km

Villages closest to Gaaj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Gaaj

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaaj village had a population of 79. That makes it the 85th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Gaaj village has 42 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaaj has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Gaaj is 263831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaaj covers 47.89 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.

Gaaj falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaaj is Kathgodam, about 32 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 Gaaj.

Gaaj is about 26 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaaj is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Almora is about 7.5 km away. Kosya Kutauli is about 20 km away. Nainital is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.