About Kalan Gaon Village

Kalan Gaon is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 76 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,316 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalan Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalan Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	28.84 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	76
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,316
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalan Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kalan Gaon is the 209th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 28.84 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Kalan Gaon

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

Kalan Gaon lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Kalan Gaon
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	33 km

Villages closest to Kalan 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 Kalan Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalan Gaon village had a population of 176. That makes it the 209th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Kalan Gaon village has 76 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalan Gaon has about 1316 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Kalan Gaon covers 28.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalan Gaon is Rishikesh, about 19 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 Kalan Gaon.

Kalan Gaon is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalan Gaon is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Rishikesh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.