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About Nail Village

Nail is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 59 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,322 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249181
Area (hectares) 35.9 hectares
Population 137
Male Population 59
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,322
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 226th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 35.9 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Nail

Nail is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Nail as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Nail from other places

Nail lies about 47 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Nail
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 3.4 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 26 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 26 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 47 km

Villages closest to Nail

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 Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 137. That makes it the 226th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Nail village has 59 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 1322 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Nail is 249181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nail covers 35.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nail is Kotdwara, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nail.

Nail is about 47 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 3.4 km away. Kotdwāra is about 26 km away. Kotdwara is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nailgaveli (under 2 km), Sunaildi (under 2 km) and Thapla (under 2 km).

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

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