About Ghorasil Village

Ghorasil is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 118 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,280 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghorasil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghorasil village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	123.78 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	118
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,280
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghorasil compares

By the 2011 count Ghorasil is the 84th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 123.78 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Ghorasil

Ghorasil is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghorasil as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ghorasil from other places

Ghorasil lies about 31 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 66 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 Ghorasil
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	13 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	31 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	66 km

Villages closest to Ghorasil

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 Ghorasil

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghorasil village had a population of 269. That makes it the 84th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Ghorasil village has 118 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghorasil has about 1280 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Ghorasil is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghorasil covers 123.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghorasil falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghorasil is Kathgodam, about 66 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ghorasil.

Ghorasil is about 31 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghorasil is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 13 km away. Pithoragarh is about 31 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.