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About Airi Village

Airi is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 101 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Airi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Airi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 179.39 hectares
Population 186
Male Population 101
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
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 Airi compares

By the 2011 count Airi is the 151st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 179.39 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Airi

Airi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Airi 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 Airi from other places

Airi lies about 34 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 26 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 Airi
Nearest town Mussoorie 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 14 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 26 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 34 km

Villages closest to Airi

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 Airi

As per the Census of India 2011, Airi village had a population of 186. That makes it the 151st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Airi village has 101 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Airi has about 842 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 Airi is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Airi covers 179.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Airi falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Airi is Dehradun, about 26 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 Airi.

Airi is about 34 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Airi is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 12 km away. Dhanaulti is about 14 km away. Dehradun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirs (under 2 km), Kakaru (under 2 km) and Kona Urph Kuwan Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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