About Paharwas Village

Paharwas is a mid sized village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,431, made up of 738 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paharwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paharwas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kotkasim
Pincode	301702
Area (hectares)	264.51 hectares
Population	1,431
Male Population	738
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paharwas compares

By the 2011 count Paharwas is the 28th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 264.51 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Paharwas

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

Paharwas lies about 42 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Harsauli, about 12 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 Paharwas
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkasim	11 km
Nearest railway station	Harsauli	12 km
Nearest town	Tijāra	14 km
District headquarters	Alwar	42 km

Villages closest to Paharwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paharwas village had a population of 1,431. That makes it the 28th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Paharwas village has 738 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paharwas has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Paharwas is 301702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paharwas covers 264.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paharwas falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Paharwas is Harsauli, about 12 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 Paharwas.

Paharwas is about 42 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paharwas is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district. Kotkasim is about 11 km away. Harsauli is about 12 km away. Tijāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.