About Giwar Village

Giwar is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 87 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giwar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	147.78 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	87
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giwar compares

By the 2011 count Giwar is the 125th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 147.78 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Giwar

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

Giwar lies about 31 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 87 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 Giwar
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	14 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	31 km
Nearest town	Pauri	60 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	87 km

Villages closest to Giwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giwar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 125th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Giwar village has 87 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giwar has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Giwar is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giwar covers 147.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giwar falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Giwar is Ramnagar, about 87 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 Giwar.

Giwar is about 31 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giwar is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 31 km away. Pauri is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.