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About Gagalasi Village

Gagalasi is a mid sized village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 601, made up of 283 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagalasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagalasi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249192
Area (hectares) 251.08 hectares
Population 601
Male Population 283
Female Population 318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,124
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagalasi compares

By the 2011 count Gagalasi is the 28th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 251.08 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Gagalasi

Gagalasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gagalasi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Gagalasi from other places

Gagalasi lies about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 15 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 Gagalasi
Nearest town Rishīkesh 14 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 30 km

Villages closest to Gagalasi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narendranagar 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 Gagalasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagalasi village had a population of 601. That makes it the 28th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Gagalasi village has 283 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagalasi has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Gagalasi is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagalasi covers 251.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagalasi falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gagalasi is Rishikesh, about 15 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gagalasi.

Gagalasi is about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagalasi is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Rishikesh is about 15 km away. Narendranagar 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 Dhaigala (under 2 km), Chameli (under 2 km) and Bairai Gaon (3.0 km).

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

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