About Dewal Village

Dewal is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 56 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,339 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	40.71 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	56
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,339
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewal compares

By the 2011 count Dewal is the 97th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 40.71 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Dewal

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

Dewal lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Dewal
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	10 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	80 km

Villages closest to Dewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewal village had a population of 131. That makes it the 97th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Dewal village has 56 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewal has about 1339 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Dewal is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewal covers 40.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewal falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dewal is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Dewal.

Dewal is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewal is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 10 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.