About Ghigharani Village

Ghigharani is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 157 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghigharani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghigharani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	155.79 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	157
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
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 Ghigharani compares

By the 2011 count Ghigharani is the 61st largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 155.79 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Ghigharani

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

Ghigharani lies about 62 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 Ghigharani
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	24 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	62 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	62 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	101 km

Villages closest to Ghigharani

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.

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Common questions about Ghigharani

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghigharani village had a population of 328. That makes it the 61st largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Ghigharani village has 157 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghigharani has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

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

Ghigharani covers 155.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghigharani falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghigharani 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghigharani.

Ghigharani is about 62 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghigharani is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 24 km away. Pithoragarh is about 62 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.