About Gorti Kanda Village

Gorti Kanda is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 306 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorti Kanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorti Kanda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249300
Area (hectares)	174.6 hectares
Population	584
Male Population	306
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorti Kanda compares

By the 2011 count Gorti Kanda is the 32nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 174.6 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Gorti Kanda

Gorti Kanda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gorti Kanda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gorti Kanda from other places

Gorti Kanda lies about 5.3 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 31 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 Gorti Kanda
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	5.3 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	5.3 km
Nearest town	Tehri	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	31 km

Villages closest to Gorti Kanda

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.

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Common questions about Gorti Kanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorti Kanda village had a population of 584. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Gorti Kanda village has 306 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorti Kanda has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Gorti Kanda is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorti Kanda covers 174.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorti Kanda falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gorti Kanda is Rishikesh, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gorti Kanda.

Gorti Kanda is about 5.3 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorti Kanda is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 5.3 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 5.3 km away. Tehri is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.