About Kastal Village

Kastal is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 189 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kastal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kastal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249132
Area (hectares)	68.5 hectares
Population	376
Male Population	189
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
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 Kastal compares

By the 2011 count Kastal is the 70th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 68.5 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Kastal

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

Kastal lies about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Kastal
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	10 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	10 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	46 km

Villages closest to Kastal

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 Kastal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kastal village had a population of 376. That makes it the 70th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Kastal village has 189 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kastal has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

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

Kastal covers 68.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kastal is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Kastal.

Kastal is about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kastal is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 10 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 10 km away. Rishikesh is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.