About Ganghar Village

Ganghar is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14, made up of 5 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganghar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	142.29 hectares
Population	14
Male Population	5
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,800
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 Ganghar compares

By the 2011 count Ganghar is the 204th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 142.29 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1054.

Getting to Ganghar

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

Ganghar lies about 28 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 Ganghar
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	28 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	64 km

Villages closest to Ganghar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Munsiari 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 Ganghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganghar village had a population of 14. That makes it the 204th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Ganghar village has 5 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganghar has about 1800 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Ganghar is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ganghar covers 142.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ganghar falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

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

Ganghar is about 28 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganghar is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 28 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.