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About Danda Gaon Village

Danda Gaon is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 39 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Chiniyalisaur
Pincode 249152
Area (hectares) 14.96 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 39
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danda Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Danda Gaon is the 90th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 14.96 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Danda Gaon

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

Danda Gaon lies about 7.1 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 54 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 Danda Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Chiniyalisaur 7.1 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 7.1 km
Nearest town Tehri 36 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 54 km

Villages closest to Danda Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chiniyalisaur 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 Danda Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda Gaon village had a population of 79. That makes it the 90th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Danda Gaon village has 39 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda Gaon has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Danda Gaon is 249152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda Gaon covers 14.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danda Gaon falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Danda Gaon is Dehradun, about 54 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 Danda Gaon.

Danda Gaon is about 7.1 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda Gaon is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 7.1 km away. Uttarkashi is about 7.1 km away. Tehri is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pujyar Gaon (2.8 km), Kawadha (5.9 km) and Mar Gaon (8.5 km).

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

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