About Gyanja Village

Gyanja is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 198 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gyanja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gyanja village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Bhatwari
Pincode	249193
Area (hectares)	89.07 hectares
Population	406
Male Population	198
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
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 Gyanja compares

By the 2011 count Gyanja is the 55th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 89.07 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Gyanja

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

Gyanja lies about 3.9 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 61 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 Gyanja
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatwari	21 km
Nearest town	Tehri	41 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	61 km

Villages closest to Gyanja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhatwari 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 Gyanja

As per the Census of India 2011, Gyanja village had a population of 406. That makes it the 55th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Gyanja village has 198 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gyanja has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Gyanja is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gyanja covers 89.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gyanja falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gyanja is Dehradun, about 61 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 Gyanja.

Gyanja is about 3.9 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gyanja is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 3.9 km away. Bhatwari is about 21 km away. Tehri is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.