About Gatu Village

Gatu is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 108 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	152.67 hectares
Population	200
Male Population	108
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
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 Gatu compares

By the 2011 count Gatu is the 120th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 152.67 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 983.

Getting to Gatu

Gatu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gatu 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gatu from other places

Gatu lies about 34 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 40 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 Gatu
Nearest town	Mussoorie	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	25 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	40 km

Villages closest to Gatu

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Gatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatu village had a population of 200. That makes it the 120th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Gatu village has 108 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatu has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Gatu is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gatu covers 152.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gatu falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gatu is Dehradun, about 40 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gatu.

Gatu is about 34 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatu is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mussoorie is about 24 km away. Rajgarhi is about 25 km away. Uttarkashi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.