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About Dungar Gara Village

Dungar Gara is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 12 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dungar Gara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dungar Gara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262551
Area (hectares) 11.55 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 12
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,333
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dungar Gara compares

By the 2011 count Dungar Gara is the 322nd largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 11.55 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Dungar Gara

Dungar Gara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dungar Gara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Dungar Gara from other places

Dungar Gara lies about 50 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 101 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 Dungar Gara
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 8.4 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 50 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 50 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 101 km

Villages closest to Dungar Gara

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 Dungar Gara

As per the Census of India 2011, Dungar Gara village had a population of 28. That makes it the 322nd largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Dungar Gara village has 12 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dungar Gara has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Dungar Gara is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dungar Gara covers 11.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dungar Gara falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dungar Gara is Kathgodam, about 101 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dungar Gara.

Dungar Gara is about 50 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dungar Gara is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 8.4 km away. Pithoragarh is about 50 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dungari (under 2 km), Tarkhet (under 2 km) and Khetar Bhandari (under 2 km).

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

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