About Jiyal Garh Village

Jiyal Garh is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 167 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jiyal Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jiyal Garh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	48.8 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	167
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jiyal Garh compares

By the 2011 count Jiyal Garh is the 84th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 48.8 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Jiyal Garh

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

Jiyal Garh lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Jiyal Garh
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	11 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Tehri	11 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	47 km

Villages closest to Jiyal Garh

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 Jiyal Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Jiyal Garh village had a population of 329. That makes it the 84th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Jiyal Garh village has 167 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jiyal Garh has about 970 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 1228.

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

Jiyal Garh covers 48.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Jiyal Garh falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jiyal Garh is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Jiyal Garh.

Jiyal Garh is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jiyal Garh is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 11 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Tehri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.