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About Pant Gaon Village

Pant Gaon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 25 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,240 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pant Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pant Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249300
Area (hectares) 16.5 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 25
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,240
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pant Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Pant Gaon is the 281st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 16.5 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Pant Gaon

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

Pant Gaon lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 23 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 Pant Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Tehri 18 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 23 km

Villages closest to Pant Gaon

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 Pant Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Pant Gaon village had a population of 56. That makes it the 281st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Pant Gaon village has 25 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pant Gaon has about 1240 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Pant Gaon is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pant Gaon covers 16.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pant Gaon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pant Gaon is Rishikesh, about 23 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 Pant Gaon.

Pant Gaon is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

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

The closest recorded villages are Bor Gaon (under 2 km), Goni (under 2 km) and Bamana (3.1 km).

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

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