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About Dunda Range Village

Dunda Range is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 13 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dunda Range Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dunda Range village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Dunda
Pincode 249151
Area (hectares) 130 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 13
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
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 Dunda Range compares

By the 2011 count Dunda Range is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Dunda Range

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

Dunda Range lies about 9.4 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 53 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 Dunda Range
District headquarters Uttarkashi 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dunda 30 km
Nearest town Tehri 38 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 53 km

Villages closest to Dunda Range

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.

Common questions about Dunda Range

As per the Census of India 2011, Dunda Range village had a population of 24. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Dunda Range village has 13 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dunda Range has about 846 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 Dunda Range is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dunda Range covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dunda Range falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dunda Range is Dehradun, about 53 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 Dunda Range.

Dunda Range is about 9.4 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dunda Range is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 9.4 km away. Dunda is about 30 km away. Tehri is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranari (under 2 km), Astal (under 2 km) and Barsali (3.0 km).

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

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