About Dwing Village

Dwing is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 62 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dwing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dwing village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246472
Area (hectares)	85.26 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	62
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dwing compares

By the 2011 count Dwing is the 61st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 85.26 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Dwing

Dwing is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dwing 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dwing from other places

Dwing lies about 16 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 120 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 Dwing
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	12 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	16 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	72 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	120 km

Villages closest to Dwing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dwing village had a population of 127. That makes it the 61st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Dwing village has 62 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dwing has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Dwing is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dwing covers 85.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dwing falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dwing is Rishikesh, about 120 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dwing.

Dwing is about 16 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dwing is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 12 km away. Chamoli is about 16 km away. Srīnagar is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.