About Gaphar Village

Gaphar is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 47 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaphar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaphar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249132
Area (hectares)	34.32 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	47
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaphar compares

By the 2011 count Gaphar is the 235th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 34.32 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1154.

Getting to Gaphar

Gaphar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gaphar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gaphar from other places

Gaphar lies about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 34 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 Gaphar
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	21 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	21 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	34 km

Villages closest to Gaphar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaphar village had a population of 94. That makes it the 235th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Gaphar village has 47 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaphar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Gaphar is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaphar covers 34.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaphar falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaphar is Dehradun, about 34 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gaphar.

Gaphar is about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaphar is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 21 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 21 km away. Dehradun is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.