About Gawahi Village

Gawahi is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 58 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawahi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171012
Area (hectares)	66.5 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	58
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawahi compares

By the 2011 count Gawahi is the 228th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 66.5 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 987.

Getting to Gawahi

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

Gawahi lies about 7.6 km from Shimla. 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 Gawahi
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	7.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	7.6 km

Villages closest to Gawahi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Gawahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawahi village had a population of 108. That makes it the 228th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Gawahi village has 58 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawahi has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Gawahi is 171012. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawahi covers 66.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawahi falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Gawahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gawahi.

Gawahi is about 7.6 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawahi is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 7.6 km away. Shimla is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.