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About Nail Village

Nail is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 37 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,568 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249105
Area (hectares) 81.62 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 37
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,568
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 Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 185th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 81.62 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Nail

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

Nail lies about 41 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 Nail
Nearest town Rishīkesh 12 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 17 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 41 km

Villages closest to Nail

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 Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 95. That makes it the 185th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Nail village has 37 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 1568 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Nail is 249105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nail covers 81.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Nail 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nail.

Nail is about 41 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 12 km away. Rishikesh is about 13 km away. Narendranagar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandwal Gaon (1.5 km), Bhairgarh (3.9 km) and Kudarna (4.1 km).

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

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