About Gaul Village

Gaul is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 51 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaul village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	40.31 hectares
Population	107
Male Population	51
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
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 Gaul compares

By the 2011 count Gaul is the 179th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 40.31 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Gaul

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

Gaul lies about 50 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 61 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 Gaul
Nearest town	Almora	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	32 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	50 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	61 km

Villages closest to Gaul

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 Gaul

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaul village had a population of 107. That makes it the 179th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Gaul village has 51 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaul has about 1098 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 Gaul is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaul covers 40.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaul falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaul is Kathgodam, about 61 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 Gaul.

Gaul 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.

Gaul is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 22 km away. Gangolihat is about 32 km away. Pithoragarh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.