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September 2026
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Uttarakhand, where Ganga and Yamuna originate, runs short of river water; state power grid announces power
Reported by The Economic Times.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Gair is a small village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. With a population of 29 across 9 households and a literacy rate of 69%, it is located at coordinates 30.107°N, 78.801°E with PIN code 246194.
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- LGD code
- 45625
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population
- 29
- Households
- 9
- Literacy rate
- 69%
- Sex ratio
- 1231 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 77 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 227 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gair compares
By population, Gair ranks #601 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.0%
−0.7% vs mandal average
- Gair
- 69.0%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,231
+45 vs mandal average
- Gair
- 1,231
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
3.2
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Gair
- 3.2
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gair at a glance
Gair is a village of 29 people in 9 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 601st-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 69%, about the same as the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,231 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 5 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 48 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246194, served by G.B. Pant Engg. College post office; the LGD village code is 45625. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 5 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 34 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gair
- LGD code
- 45625
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population (Census 2011)
- 29
- Population (projected 2026)
- 34
- Households
- 9
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1231
- Literacy rate
- 69.0%
- Coordinates
- 30.10677°N, 78.80083°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Gair
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun77 kmcapital
- Delhi227 km
- Kolkata1268 km
- Mumbai1364 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara48 km
- Bus stopDevprayag20 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic5 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum14 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND13 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station26 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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