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About Rayat Gaon Village

Rayat Gaon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 104 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rayat Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rayat Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 248179
Area (hectares) 150.88 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 104
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
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 Rayat Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Rayat Gaon is the 148th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 150.88 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Rayat Gaon

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

Rayat Gaon lies about 45 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 Rayat Gaon
Nearest town Mussoorie 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 22 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 45 km

Villages closest to Rayat Gaon

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 Rayat Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Rayat Gaon village had a population of 190. That makes it the 148th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Rayat Gaon village has 104 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rayat Gaon has about 827 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 Rayat Gaon is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rayat Gaon covers 150.88 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.

Rayat Gaon falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rayat Gaon 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rayat Gaon.

Rayat Gaon is about 45 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rayat Gaon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 6.7 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Dhanaulti is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talogi (under 2 km), Matela (under 2 km) and Burari (under 2 km).

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

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