About Gaonkhet Village

Gaonkhet is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 82 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaonkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaonkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	248179
Area (hectares)	124.23 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	82
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaonkhet compares

By the 2011 count Gaonkhet is the 168th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 124.23 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gaonkhet

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

Gaonkhet lies about 47 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 21 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 Gaonkhet
Nearest town	Mussoorie	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	25 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	47 km

Villages closest to Gaonkhet

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 Gaonkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaonkhet village had a population of 163. That makes it the 168th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Gaonkhet village has 82 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaonkhet has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gaonkhet is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaonkhet covers 124.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gaonkhet is Dehradun, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gaonkhet.

Gaonkhet is about 47 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaonkhet is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 8.1 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Dhanaulti is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.