About Dhar Gaon Village

Dhar Gaon is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 188 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	87.08 hectares
Population	406
Male Population	188
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Dhar Gaon is the 118th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 87.08 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Dhar Gaon

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

Dhar Gaon lies about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 12 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 Dhar Gaon
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	14 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	60 km

Villages closest to Dhar Gaon

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.

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Common questions about Dhar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar Gaon village had a population of 406. That makes it the 118th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Dhar Gaon village has 188 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar Gaon has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Dhar Gaon is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar Gaon covers 87.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhar Gaon falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhar Gaon is Kotdwara, about 12 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 village for Dhar Gaon.

Dhar Gaon 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.

Dhar Gaon is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 12 km away. Ghansali is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.