About Kakaru Village

Kakaru is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 97, made up of 49 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakaru village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249180
Area (hectares)	37.56 hectares
Population	97
Male Population	49
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Kakaru compares

By the 2011 count Kakaru is the 216th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 37.56 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Kakaru

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

Kakaru lies about 33 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 Kakaru
Nearest town	Mussoorie	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	26 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	33 km

Villages closest to Kakaru

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 Kakaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakaru village had a population of 97. That makes it the 216th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Kakaru village has 49 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakaru has about 980 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 Kakaru is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakaru covers 37.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kakaru 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 Kakaru.

Kakaru is about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakaru is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 12 km away. Dhanaulti is about 13 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.