About Gajana Village

Gajana is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 82 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,293 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gajana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gajana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249145
Area (hectares)	55.6 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	82
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,293
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gajana compares

By the 2011 count Gajana is the 159th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 55.6 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Gajana

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

Gajana lies about 8.1 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Gajana
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	8.1 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	30 km

Villages closest to Gajana

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 Gajana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gajana village had a population of 188. That makes it the 159th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Gajana village has 82 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gajana has about 1293 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Gajana is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gajana covers 55.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gajana is Rishikesh, about 30 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 village for Gajana.

Gajana is about 8.1 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gajana is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.1 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.1 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.