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About Plas Village

Plas is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 30 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Plas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Plas village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249001
Area (hectares) 83.8 hectares
Population 54
Male Population 30
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Plas compares

By the 2011 count Plas is the 271st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 83.8 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Plas

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

Plas lies about 7.9 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 38 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 Plas
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 7.9 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 38 km

Villages closest to Plas

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 Plas

As per the Census of India 2011, Plas village had a population of 54. That makes it the 271st largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Plas village has 30 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Plas has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Plas is 249001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Plas covers 83.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Plas is Harrawala, about 38 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 km distance for Plas.

Plas is about 7.9 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Plas is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 7.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 7.9 km away. Harrawala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katali Lagga Palas (under 2 km), Palas (under 2 km) and Uppu Malla (under 2 km).

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

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