About Gangar Village

Gangar is a mid sized village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 535, made up of 273 males and 262 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	440.95 hectares
Population	535
Male Population	273
Female Population	262
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
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 Gangar compares

By the 2011 count Gangar is the 23rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 440.95 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Gangar

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

Gangar lies about 44 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 92 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 Gangar
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	27 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	44 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	76 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	92 km

Villages closest to Gangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangar village had a population of 535. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Gangar village has 273 males and 262 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangar has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Gangar is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangar covers 440.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangar falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangar is Dehradun, about 92 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 Gangar.

Gangar is about 44 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangar is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 27 km away. Uttarkashi is about 44 km away. Mussoorie is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.