About Gawai Village

Gawai is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 107 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	563.49 hectares
Population	191
Male Population	107
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	785
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawai compares

By the 2011 count Gawai is the 42nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 563.49 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 935.

Getting to Gawai

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

Gawai lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kanoh, about 14 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 Gawai
Nearest railway station	Kanoh	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Gawai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawai village had a population of 191. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Gawai village has 107 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawai has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Gawai is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawai covers 563.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawai falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawai is Kanoh, about 14 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 Gawai.

Gawai is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawai is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Kanoh is about 14 km away. Cheta is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.