About Gagwal Village

Gagwal is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 333 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagwal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	131.36 hectares
Population	671
Male Population	333
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagwal compares

By the 2011 count Gagwal is the 75th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 131.36 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Gagwal

Gagwal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gagwal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gagwal from other places

Gagwal lies about 55 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Dalhousie Road, about 5.2 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 Gagwal
Nearest town	Mamun	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Dalhousie Road	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	55 km

Villages closest to Gagwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagwal village had a population of 671. That makes it the 75th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Gagwal village has 333 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagwal has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Gagwal is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagwal covers 131.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gagwal falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gagwal is Dalhousie Road, about 5.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gagwal.

Gagwal is about 55 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagwal is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Mamun is about 2.9 km away. Dalhousie Road is about 5.2 km away. Nurpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.