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About Bairagana Village

Bairagana is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 19 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,368 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bairagana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairagana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 14.72 hectares
Population 45
Male Population 19
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,368
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bairagana compares

By the 2011 count Bairagana is the 288th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 14.72 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Bairagana

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

Bairagana lies about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 18 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 Bairagana
Nearest town Rishīkesh 17 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 28 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 28 km

Villages closest to Bairagana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairagana village had a population of 45. That makes it the 288th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Bairagana village has 19 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairagana has about 1368 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Bairagana is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bairagana covers 14.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bairagana falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bairagana is Rishikesh, about 18 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 Bairagana.

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

Bairagana is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 17 km away. Rishikesh is about 18 km away. Devprayag is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pajai Gaon (under 2 km), Jandrawana Gaon (3.0 km) and Maniyari Gaon (3.6 km).

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

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