About Gawar Village

Gawar is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 232 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181206
Area (hectares)	102.8 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	232
Female Population	237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawar compares

By the 2011 count Gawar is the 153rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 102.8 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Gawar

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

Gawar lies about 27 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 29 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 Gawar
Nearest town	Akhnūr	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	27 km
District headquarters	Jammu	27 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	29 km

Villages closest to Gawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawar village had a population of 469. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Gawar village has 232 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Gawar is 181206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawar covers 102.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawar falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gawar is Jammu Tawi, about 29 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 Gawar.

Gawar is about 27 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 27 km away. Jammu is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.