About Garh Village

Garh is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 56 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249151
Area (hectares)	64.61 hectares
Population	109
Male Population	56
Female Population	53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Garh compares

By the 2011 count Garh is the 111th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 64.61 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Garh

Garh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Garh from other places

Garh lies about 40 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 21 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 Garh
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	4.5 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	14 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	21 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	40 km

Villages closest to Garh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Garh village had a population of 109. That makes it the 111th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Garh village has 56 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garh has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Garh is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garh covers 64.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garh falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garh is Dehradun, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Garh.

Garh is about 40 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garh is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Dunda is about 4.5 km away. Mussoorie is about 14 km away. Dehradun is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.