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About Idiyan Village

Idiyan is a mid sized village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 240 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,483 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Idiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Idiyan village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249132
Area (hectares) 199.34 hectares
Population 596
Male Population 240
Female Population 356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,483
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 Idiyan compares

By the 2011 count Idiyan is the 24th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 199.34 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Idiyan

Idiyan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Idiyan 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 Idiyan from other places

Idiyan lies about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 35 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 Idiyan
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 18 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 35 km

Villages closest to Idiyan

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.

Common questions about Idiyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Idiyan village had a population of 596. That makes it the 24th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Idiyan village has 240 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Idiyan has about 1483 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

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

Idiyan covers 199.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Idiyan is Harrawala, about 35 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 Idiyan.

Idiyan is about 18 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Idiyan is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 18 km away. Harrawala is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandogi (under 2 km), Ramol Sari (under 2 km) and Dhamari (1.5 km).

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

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