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About Gwalara Village

Gwalara is a mid sized village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,246, made up of 667 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.27 hectares hectares.

Gwalara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwalara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Gabhana
Area (hectares) 234.27 hectares
Population 1,246
Male Population 667
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gwalara compares

By the 2011 count Gwalara is the 89th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 234.27 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Gwalara

Gwalara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gwalara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gwalara from other places

Gwalara lies about 18 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kulwa, about 5.1 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 Gwalara
Tehsil headquarters Gabhana 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Kulwa 5.1 km
District headquarters Aligarh 18 km
Nearest town Alīgarh 18 km

Villages closest to Gwalara

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

Common questions about Gwalara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwalara village had a population of 1,246. That makes it the 89th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Gwalara village has 667 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwalara has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 881.

Gwalara covers 234.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gwalara falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gwalara is Kulwa, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Gwalara is about 18 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwalara is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Gabhana is about 3.8 km away. Kulwa is about 5.1 km away. Aligarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohpooth (under 2 km), Nagla Viria (1.6 km) and Ogarnagala Rajoo (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Gwalara today is likely to be higher.

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