About Agar Village

Agar is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 63 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 252622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	252622
Area (hectares)	148.58 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	63
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Agar compares

By the 2011 count Agar is the 164th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 148.58 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Agar

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

Agar lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Agar
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	5.1 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	24 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	63 km

Villages closest to Agar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agar village had a population of 126. That makes it the 164th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Agar village has 63 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Agar is 252622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agar covers 148.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Agar falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Agar is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Agar.

Agar 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.

Agar is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat 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.