About Gair Village

Gair is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 166 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gair village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249196
Area (hectares)	95.72 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	166
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
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 Gair compares

By the 2011 count Gair is the 82nd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 95.72 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1154.

Getting to Gair

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

Gair lies about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 45 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 Gair
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	14 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	14 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	45 km

Villages closest to Gair

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 Gair

As per the Census of India 2011, Gair village had a population of 352. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Gair village has 166 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gair has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Gair is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gair covers 95.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gair is Harrawala, about 45 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 Gair.

Gair is about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gair is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 14 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 14 km away. Harrawala is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.