About Ghar Gaon Village

Ghar Gaon is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 108 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,509 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghar Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249146
Area (hectares)	158.7 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	108
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,509
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ghar Gaon is the 93rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 158.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Ghar Gaon

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

Ghar Gaon lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 23 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 Ghar Gaon
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	18 km
Nearest town	Tehri	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	20 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	23 km

Villages closest to Ghar Gaon

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.

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Common questions about Ghar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghar Gaon village had a population of 271. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Ghar Gaon village has 108 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghar Gaon has about 1509 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Ghar Gaon is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghar Gaon covers 158.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghar Gaon falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghar Gaon is Rishikesh, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ghar Gaon.

Ghar 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.

Ghar Gaon is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Tehri is about 18 km away. Narendranagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.