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About Sarphul Village

Sarphul is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 137 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarphul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarphul village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 133.97 hectares
Population 265
Male Population 137
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarphul compares

By the 2011 count Sarphul is the 170th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 133.97 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Sarphul

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

Sarphul lies about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Sarphul
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 4.5 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 23 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 24 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 48 km

Villages closest to Sarphul

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 Sarphul

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarphul village had a population of 265. That makes it the 170th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Sarphul village has 137 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarphul has about 934 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 Sarphul is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarphul covers 133.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarphul is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Sarphul.

Sarphul is about 48 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarphul is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 4.5 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Kotdwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarans Gaon (under 2 km), Sarkanda (under 2 km) and Sarun May Badiyar (under 2 km).

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

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