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About Naughar Village

Naughar is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 212 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naughar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naughar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Pratapnagar
Pincode 249165
Area (hectares) 117.55 hectares
Population 449
Male Population 212
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,118
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naughar compares

By the 2011 count Naughar is the 69th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 117.55 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Naughar

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

Naughar lies about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 25 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 Naughar
Nearest town Mussoorie 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pratapnagar 23 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 25 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 25 km

Villages closest to Naughar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naughar village had a population of 449. That makes it the 69th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Naughar village has 212 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naughar has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Naughar is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naughar covers 117.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Naughar falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naughar is Dehradun, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Naughar.

Naughar is about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naughar is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Pratapnagar is about 23 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ban Kundali (4.2 km), Bagi (6.6 km) and Barwal Gaon (13 km).

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

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