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About Gajari Village

Gajari is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 141 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 137.6 hectares
Population 263
Male Population 141
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
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 Gajari compares

By the 2011 count Gajari is the 88th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 137.6 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1103.

Getting to Gajari

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

Gajari lies about 48 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 71 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 Gajari
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 31 km
Nearest town Almora 33 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 48 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 71 km

Villages closest to Gajari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Didihat 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 Gajari

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajari village had a population of 263. That makes it the 88th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Gajari village has 141 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajari has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Gajari is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajari covers 137.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gajari falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gajari is Kathgodam, about 71 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 Gajari.

Gajari is about 48 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajari is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 31 km away. Almora is about 33 km away. Pithoragarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ladhara (under 2 km), Karauli (under 2 km) and Chaupata (2.0 km).

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

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