About Gunji Village

Gunji is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 229 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 463 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunji village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262546
Area (hectares)	188.9 hectares
Population	335
Male Population	229
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	463
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 Gunji compares

By the 2011 count Gunji is the 41st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 188.9 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 984.

Getting to Gunji

Gunji is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gunji 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. The nearest villages by name are Galati, Garbyang, Garguwa and Go. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gunji

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunji village had a population of 335. That makes it the 41st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Gunji village has 229 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunji has about 463 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Gunji is 262546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunji covers 188.9 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.

Gunji falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Gunji notes the nearest railway station 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 Gunji.

Gunji is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.