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About Danda Gaon Village

Danda Gaon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 31 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 42.29 hectares
Population 58
Male Population 31
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Danda Gaon is the 234th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 42.29 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Danda Gaon

Danda Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Danda Gaon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Danda Gaon from other places

Danda Gaon lies about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 12 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 Danda Gaon
Nearest town Rāipur 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 12 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 12 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 29 km

Villages closest to Danda Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Danda Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda Gaon village had a population of 58. That makes it the 234th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Danda Gaon village has 31 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda Gaon has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Danda Gaon is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda Gaon covers 42.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danda Gaon falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Danda Gaon is Harrawala, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Danda Gaon.

Danda Gaon is about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda Gaon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rāipur is about 9.5 km away. Dhanaulti is about 12 km away. Harrawala is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaula Giri (under 2 km), Kokliyal Gaon (1.6 km) and Awali (2.1 km).

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

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