About Gosil Village

Gosil is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 185 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosil village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	126.51 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	185
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,216
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gosil compares

By the 2011 count Gosil is the 59th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 126.51 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Gosil

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

Gosil lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 41 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 Gosil
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	16 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	41 km

Villages closest to Gosil

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 Gosil

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosil village had a population of 410. That makes it the 59th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Gosil village has 185 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosil has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Gosil is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosil covers 126.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gosil is Harrawala, about 41 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 Gosil.

Gosil is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosil is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 16 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.