About Guptkashi Village

Guptkashi is a mid sized village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,130, made up of 583 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246439, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guptkashi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guptkashi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246439
Area (hectares)	24.62 hectares
Population	1,130
Male Population	583
Female Population	547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Guptkashi compares

By the 2011 count Guptkashi is the 12th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 24.62 hectares work out to about 46 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Guptkashi

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

Guptkashi lies about 29 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 89 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 Guptkashi
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	1.7 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	29 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	44 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	89 km

Villages closest to Guptkashi

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 Guptkashi

As per the Census of India 2011, Guptkashi village had a population of 1,130. That makes it the 12th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Guptkashi village has 583 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guptkashi has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Guptkashi is 246439. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guptkashi covers 24.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 46 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Guptkashi falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guptkashi is Rishikesh, about 89 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 Guptkashi.

Guptkashi is about 29 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guptkashi is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 1.7 km away. Rudraprayag is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.