About Guwar Village

Guwar is a small village in Holi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 174 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 375.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Holi
Pincode	176309
Area (hectares)	375.72 hectares
Population	324
Male Population	174
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
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 Guwar compares

By the 2011 count Guwar is the 15th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 375.72 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 929.

Getting to Guwar

Guwar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Guwar 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 Guwar from other places

Guwar lies about 49 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 26 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 Guwar
Tehsil headquarters	Holi	2.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	25 km
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	26 km
District headquarters	Chamba	49 km

Villages closest to Guwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Guwar village had a population of 324. That makes it the 15th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Guwar village has 174 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guwar has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Guwar is 176309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guwar covers 375.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guwar falls under Holi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Guwar is Palampur Himachal, about 26 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 Guwar.

Guwar is about 49 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guwar is in Holi tehsil of Chamba district. Holi is about 2.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Palampur Himachal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.