About Naikara Village

Naikara is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 291, made up of 151 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naikara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naikara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	66.51 hectares
Population	291
Male Population	151
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naikara compares

By the 2011 count Naikara is the 77th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 66.51 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Naikara

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

Naikara lies about 21 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Naikara
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	10 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	21 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	55 km

Villages closest to Naikara

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 Naikara

As per the Census of India 2011, Naikara village had a population of 291. That makes it the 77th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Naikara village has 151 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naikara has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Naikara covers 66.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naikara falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naikara is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Naikara.

Naikara is about 21 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naikara is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 10 km away. Pithoragarh is about 21 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.