About Duwa Village

Duwa is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 118 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	212.45 hectares
Population	233
Male Population	118
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
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 Duwa compares

By the 2011 count Duwa is the 54th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 212.45 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Duwa

Duwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Duwa 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 Duwa from other places

Duwa lies about 48 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 68 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 Duwa
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	34 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	48 km
Nearest town	Almora	52 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	68 km

Villages closest to Duwa

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 Duwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Duwa village had a population of 233. That makes it the 54th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Duwa village has 118 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duwa has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

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

Duwa covers 212.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duwa falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Duwa is Ramnagar, about 68 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 Duwa.

Duwa is about 48 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duwa is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 34 km away. Chamoli is about 48 km away. Almora is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.