About Gwar Village

Gwar is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 4 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175139
Area (hectares)	14.23 hectares
Population	11
Male Population	4
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gwar compares

By the 2011 count Gwar is the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 14.23 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Gwar

Gwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gwar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gwar from other places

Gwar lies about 69 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 97 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 Gwar
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	33 km
Nearest town	Chamba	58 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	69 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	97 km

Villages closest to Gwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwar village had a population of 11. That makes it the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Gwar village has 4 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwar has about 1750 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Gwar is 175139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gwar covers 14.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gwar falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gwar is Chamunda Marg, about 97 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 10+ km distance for Gwar.

Gwar is about 69 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwar is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 33 km away. Chamba is about 58 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.