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About Podhara Dhargari Village

Podhara Dhargari is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 5 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,200 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 252622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podhara Dhargari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podhara Dhargari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 252622
Area (hectares) 19.02 hectares
Population 16
Male Population 5
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,200
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 Podhara Dhargari compares

By the 2011 count Podhara Dhargari is the 289th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 19.02 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, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Podhara Dhargari

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

Podhara Dhargari 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 Podhara Dhargari
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 10 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 21 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 21 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 55 km

Villages closest to Podhara Dhargari

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 Podhara Dhargari

As per the Census of India 2011, Podhara Dhargari village had a population of 16. That makes it the 289th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Podhara Dhargari village has 5 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podhara Dhargari has about 2200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Podhara Dhargari covers 19.02 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.

Podhara Dhargari falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Podhara Dhargari 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Podhara Dhargari.

Podhara Dhargari 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.

Podhara Dhargari 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.

The closest recorded villages are Bhadgara (under 2 km), Cham Dungara Timta (under 2 km) and Dyulahara Kote (under 2 km).

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

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