About Papara Village

Papara is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 201 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Papara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249180
Area (hectares)	122.47 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	201
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Papara compares

By the 2011 count Papara is the 61st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 122.47 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Papara

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

Papara lies about 31 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 Papara
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	11 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	26 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	31 km

Villages closest to Papara

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.

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Common questions about Papara

As per the Census of India 2011, Papara village had a population of 378. That makes it the 61st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Papara village has 201 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papara has about 881 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 Papara is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Papara covers 122.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Papara 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 Papara.

Papara is about 31 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papara is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 11 km away. Mussoorie is about 12 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.