About Gaul Village

Gaul is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 37 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaul village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	45.48 hectares
Population	75
Male Population	37
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
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 Gaul compares

By the 2011 count Gaul is the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 45.48 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Gaul

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

Gaul lies about 28 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 65 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 Gaul
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	28 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	28 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	49 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	65 km

Villages closest to Gaul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaul village had a population of 75. That makes it the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Gaul village has 37 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaul has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Gaul is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaul covers 45.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaul falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gaul is Dehradun, about 65 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 Gaul.

Gaul is about 28 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaul is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 28 km away. Uttarkashi is about 28 km away. Mussoorie is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.