About Girgaon Village

Girgaon is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,026, made up of 536 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Girgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Girgaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	48.15 hectares
Population	1,026
Male Population	536
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Girgaon compares

By the 2011 count Girgaon is the 18th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 48.15 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Girgaon

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

Girgaon lies about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Girgaon
Nearest town	Srīnagar	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	32 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	33 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	46 km

Villages closest to Girgaon

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 Girgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Girgaon village had a population of 1,026. That makes it the 18th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Girgaon village has 536 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Girgaon has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Girgaon covers 48.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Girgaon is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Girgaon.

Girgaon 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.

Girgaon is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 4.1 km away. Ghansali is about 32 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.