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- LGD code
- 52459
- Pincode
- 263663
- Post office
- Tarikhet
- Population
- 334
- Households
- 74
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1141 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 152
- Distance to district centre
- 8 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 154 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 246 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramnagar · 43 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govind Singh Nehra Government Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gairar compares
By population, Gairar ranks #78 of 307 villages in Ranikhet mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.8%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Gairar
- 77.8%
- Ranikhet mandal
- 72.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,141
+20 vs mandal average
- Gairar
- 1,141
- Ranikhet mandal
- 1,121
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Gairar
- 4.5
- Ranikhet mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gairar at a glance
Gairar is a village of 334 people in 74 households (Census 2011) in Ranikhet tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 78th-largest of 307 villages in Ranikhet tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,141 women per 1,000 men. It lies 8 km from the Almora district centre, 6 km from Kafara, the nearest town, 43 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263663, served by Tarikhet post office; the LGD village code is 52459. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govind Singh Nehra Government Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Ranikhet assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pramod Nainwal. The population is estimated at 394 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gairar
- LGD code
- 52459
- Pincode
- 263663
- Post office
- Tarikhet
- Population (Census 2011)
- 334
- Population (projected 2026)
- 394
- Households
- 74
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1141
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Coordinates
- 29.66564°N, 79.43896°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Almora
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ranikhet
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Tamta
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pramod Nainwal
- Block / Mandal
- Ranikhet
Getting there
How to reach Gairar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun154 kmcapital
- Delhi246 km
- Kolkata1189 km
- Mumbai1351 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamnagar43 km
- Bus stopRanikhet Bus Depot2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovind Singh Nehra Government Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India Someswar branch20 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum3 km
- CollegeKumaun University (Admin Block)30 km
- Police stationMallital Police Station30 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gairar
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Gairar
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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