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About Ghera Village

Ghera is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 13 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,308 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 29.9 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 13
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,308
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghera compares

By the 2011 count Ghera is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 29.9 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Ghera

Ghera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghera as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ghera from other places

Ghera lies about 44 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 29 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 Ghera
Nearest town Mussoorie 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 24 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 29 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 44 km

Villages closest to Ghera

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 Ghera

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghera village had a population of 30. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Ghera village has 13 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghera has about 1308 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Ghera is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghera covers 29.9 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghera is Dehradun, about 29 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 village for Ghera.

Ghera is about 44 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghera is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 13 km away. Dhanaulti is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tangri (under 2 km), Kasaun Gaon (under 2 km) and Pantwari (1.7 km).

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

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