About Gawara Village

Gawara is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 101 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Dadahu
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	114.67 hectares
Population	183
Male Population	101
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawara compares

By the 2011 count Gawara is the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 114.67 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 1006.

Getting to Gawara

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

Gawara lies about 9.7 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 48 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 Gawara
Tehsil headquarters	Dadahu	9.2 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	9.7 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	23 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	48 km

Villages closest to Gawara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawara village had a population of 183. That makes it the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Gawara village has 101 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawara has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Gawara is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawara covers 114.67 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.

Gawara falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gawara is Salogra, about 48 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gawara.

Gawara is about 9.7 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawara is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Dadahu is about 9.2 km away. Sirmaur is about 9.7 km away. Nāhan is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.