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About Guni Gaon Village

Guni Gaon is a small village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 252 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guni Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guni Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Dhari
Pincode 263136
Area (hectares) 84.05 hectares
Population 468
Male Population 252
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guni Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Guni Gaon is the 68th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 84.05 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Guni Gaon

Guni Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guni Gaon as Available within village. 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 Guni Gaon from other places

Guni Gaon lies about 110 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Guni Gaon
Nearest town Pauri 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhari 23 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km
District headquarters Nainital 110 km

Villages closest to Guni Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhari 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 Guni Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Guni Gaon village had a population of 468. That makes it the 68th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Guni Gaon village has 252 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guni Gaon has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Guni Gaon is 263136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guni Gaon covers 84.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guni Gaon falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guni Gaon is Rishikesh, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Guni Gaon.

Guni Gaon is about 110 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guni Gaon is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Pauri is about 4.2 km away. Dhari is about 23 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gauniyaraw (under 2 km), Guniyalekh (under 2 km) and Khuni Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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