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About Tungari Village

Tungari is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 129 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,481 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tungari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tungari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 65.4 hectares
Population 320
Male Population 129
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,481
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 Tungari compares

By the 2011 count Tungari is the 147th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 65.4 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Tungari

Tungari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tungari 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 Tungari from other places

Tungari lies about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Tungari
Nearest town Kotdwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 60 km

Villages closest to Tungari

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 Tungari

As per the Census of India 2011, Tungari village had a population of 320. That makes it the 147th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Tungari village has 129 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tungari has about 1481 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Tungari covers 65.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tungari is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Tungari.

Tungari 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.

Tungari is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 13 km away. Ghansali is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ashgarh (under 2 km), Koti Maya Magaro (under 2 km) and Mangar (under 2 km).

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

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