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About Guna Kitan Village

Guna Kitan is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 366, made up of 183 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guna Kitan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guna Kitan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 262532
Area (hectares) 151.5 hectares
Population 366
Male Population 183
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Guna Kitan compares

By the 2011 count Guna Kitan is the 62nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 151.5 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Guna Kitan

Guna Kitan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Guna Kitan 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 Guna Kitan from other places

Guna Kitan lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Guna Kitan
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 12 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 30 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 64 km

Villages closest to Guna Kitan

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.

Common questions about Guna Kitan

As per the Census of India 2011, Guna Kitan village had a population of 366. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Guna Kitan village has 183 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guna Kitan 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 Guna Kitan is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guna Kitan covers 151.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Guna Kitan falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guna Kitan is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Guna Kitan.

Guna Kitan is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guna Kitan is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 12 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhapna (under 2 km), Khar Chaura (under 2 km) and Kimta (under 2 km).

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

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