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About Ashgarh Village

Ashgarh is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7, made up of 5 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ashgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ashgarh village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 15.5 hectares
Population 7
Male Population 5
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 400
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ashgarh compares

By the 2011 count Ashgarh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 15.5 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1240.

Getting to Ashgarh

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

Ashgarh lies about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Ashgarh
Nearest town Kotdwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 60 km

Villages closest to Ashgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansali 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 Ashgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Ashgarh village had a population of 7. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Ashgarh village has 5 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ashgarh has about 400 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Ashgarh is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ashgarh covers 15.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ashgarh falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ashgarh is Kotdwara, about 13 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 km distance for Ashgarh.

Ashgarh is about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ashgarh is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 13 km away. Ghansali is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koti Maya Magaro (under 2 km), Mangar (under 2 km) and Nagar Kothiyara (under 2 km).

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

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