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About Odgaon Village

Odgaon is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 88 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Odgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Odgaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Rajgarhi
Pincode 249171
Area (hectares) 135.38 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 88
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,193
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 Odgaon compares

By the 2011 count Odgaon is the 126th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 135.38 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 983.

Getting to Odgaon

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

Odgaon lies about 31 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Odgaon
Nearest town Mussoorie 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarhi 24 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 31 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 39 km

Villages closest to Odgaon

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.

Common questions about Odgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Odgaon village had a population of 193. That makes it the 126th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Odgaon village has 88 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Odgaon has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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

Odgaon covers 135.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Odgaon falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Odgaon is Dehradun, about 39 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 Odgaon.

Odgaon is about 31 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Odgaon is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mussoorie is about 23 km away. Rajgarhi is about 24 km away. Uttarkashi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matari (under 2 km), Jugargaon (under 2 km) and Lodan (under 2 km).

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

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