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About Talai Village

Talai is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 112 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 60.82 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 112
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
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 Talai compares

By the 2011 count Talai is the 121st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 60.82 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Talai

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

Talai lies about 30 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 9.6 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 Talai
Nearest railway station Harrawala 9.6 km
Nearest town Rāipur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 30 km

Villages closest to Talai

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 Talai

As per the Census of India 2011, Talai village had a population of 208. That makes it the 121st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Talai village has 112 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talai has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

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

Talai covers 60.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Talai is Harrawala, about 9.6 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 Talai.

Talai 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.

Talai is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Harrawala is about 9.6 km away. Rāipur is about 11 km away. Narendranagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talai Lambadi (under 2 km), Pungarh (under 2 km) and Bara Thali (2.3 km).

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

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