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About Sunar Gaon Village

Sunar Gaon is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 41 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,341 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunar Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249131
Area (hectares) 47.6 hectares
Population 96
Male Population 41
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,341
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Sunar Gaon is the 234th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 47.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Sunar Gaon

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

Sunar Gaon lies about 8.2 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 Sunar Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 8.2 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 35 km

Villages closest to Sunar Gaon

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 Sunar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunar Gaon village had a population of 96. That makes it the 234th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Sunar Gaon village has 41 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunar Gaon has about 1341 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Sunar Gaon is 249131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunar Gaon covers 47.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sunar Gaon falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sunar Gaon 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sunar Gaon.

Sunar Gaon is about 8.2 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunar Gaon is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.2 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.2 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 Sunargaon (under 2 km), Sunhr Gaon (under 2 km) and Indar (under 2 km).

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

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