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About Wegal Village

Wegal is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 241 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wegal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wegal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Mori
Pincode 249128
Area (hectares) 301.16 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 241
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Wegal compares

By the 2011 count Wegal is the 32nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 301.16 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 936.

Getting to Wegal

Wegal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Wegal 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. The nearest villages by name are Thali, Thapali, Wainol and Wamsu. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Wegal

As per the Census of India 2011, Wegal village had a population of 450. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Wegal village has 241 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wegal has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

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

Wegal covers 301.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wegal falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Wegal notes the nearest railway station 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 Wegal.

Wegal is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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