About Gahwan Village

Gahwan is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 306 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 899.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahwan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185152
Area (hectares)	899.2 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	306
Female Population	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gahwan compares

By the 2011 count Gahwan is the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 899.2 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Gahwan

Gahwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gahwan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gahwan from other places

Gahwan lies about 34 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 74 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 Gahwan
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	26 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	27 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	74 km

Villages closest to Gahwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahwan village had a population of 581. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Gahwan village has 306 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahwan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Gahwan is 185152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahwan covers 899.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gahwan falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Gahwan is Dugga, about 74 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gahwan.

Gahwan is about 34 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahwan is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 26 km away. Rajaori is about 27 km away. Rajouri is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.