About Nagal Village

Nagal is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 149 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249152
Area (hectares)	52.57 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	149
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagal compares

By the 2011 count Nagal is the 79th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 52.57 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Nagal

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

Nagal lies about 16 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 52 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 Nagal
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	31 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	37 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	52 km

Villages closest to Nagal

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 Nagal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagal village had a population of 280. That makes it the 79th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Nagal village has 149 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagal has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Nagal covers 52.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nagal falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nagal is Dehradun, about 52 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 Nagal.

Nagal is about 16 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagal is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 16 km away. Dunda is about 31 km away. Mussoorie is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.