About Daira Village

Daira is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 206 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246469, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daira village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246469
Area (hectares)	160.65 hectares
Population	406
Male Population	206
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daira compares

By the 2011 count Daira is the 70th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 160.65 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Daira

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

Daira lies about 13 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Daira
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	29 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	80 km

Villages closest to Daira

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 Daira

As per the Census of India 2011, Daira village had a population of 406. That makes it the 70th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Daira village has 206 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daira has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Daira is 246469. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daira covers 160.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daira falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Daira is Kotdwara, about 80 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 10+ km distance for Daira.

Daira is about 13 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daira is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Rudraprayag is about 13 km away. Ukhimath is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.