About Gaurikund Village

Gaurikund is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 136 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 640 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246479, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaurikund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaurikund village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246479
Area (hectares)	55.11 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	136
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	640
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaurikund compares

By the 2011 count Gaurikund is the 121st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 55.11 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Gaurikund

Gaurikund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gaurikund as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gaurikund from other places

Gaurikund lies about 43 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 100 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 Gaurikund
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	16 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	43 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	58 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	100 km

Villages closest to Gaurikund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaurikund village had a population of 223. That makes it the 121st largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Gaurikund village has 136 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaurikund has about 640 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Gaurikund is 246479. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaurikund covers 55.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaurikund falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaurikund is Rishikesh, about 100 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 village for Gaurikund.

Gaurikund is about 43 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaurikund is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 16 km away. Rudraprayag is about 43 km away. Srīnagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.