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About Gola Gaon Village

Gola Gaon is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 37 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gola Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gola Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262531
Area (hectares) 25.57 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 37
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
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 Gola Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gola Gaon is the 173rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 25.57 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1140.

Getting to Gola Gaon

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

Gola Gaon lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 80 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 Gola Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 5.1 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 24 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 24 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 80 km

Villages closest to Gola Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gola Gaon village had a population of 70. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Gola Gaon village has 37 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gola Gaon has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Gola Gaon is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gola Gaon covers 25.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gola Gaon falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gola Gaon is Tanakpur, about 80 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 Gola Gaon.

Gola Gaon is about 24 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gola Gaon is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 5.1 km away. Pithoragarh is about 24 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jajar Gunth (under 2 km), Jajar Khitoli (under 2 km) and Jajar Mafi (under 2 km).

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

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