About Agar Village

Agar is a mid sized village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 610, made up of 300 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249175
Area (hectares)	240.46 hectares
Population	610
Male Population	300
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Agar compares

By the 2011 count Agar is the 26th 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 240.46 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Agar

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

Agar lies about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Agar
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	7.8 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	13 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	13 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	24 km

Villages closest to Agar

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 Agar

As per the Census of India 2011, Agar village had a population of 610. That makes it the 26th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Agar village has 300 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agar has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Agar is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agar covers 240.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Agar is Rishikesh, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Agar.

Agar is about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agar is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 7.8 km away. Rishīkesh is about 13 km away. Rishikesh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.