About Gawal Village

Gawal is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 69 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,304 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176128
Area (hectares)	34.32 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	69
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,304
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gawal compares

By the 2011 count Gawal is the 151st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 34.32 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Gawal

Gawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gawal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gawal from other places

Gawal lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.4 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 Gawal
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Paprola	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	7.1 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km

Villages closest to Gawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawal village had a population of 159. That makes it the 151st largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Gawal village has 69 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawal has about 1304 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Gawal is 176128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawal covers 34.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawal falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawal is Baijnath Paprola, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gawal.

Gawal is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawal is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Baijnath Paprola is about 6.4 km away. Baijnath is about 7.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.