About Gugawa Village

Gugawa is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 38 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gugawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gugawa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	23 hectares
Population	76
Male Population	38
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gugawa compares

By the 2011 count Gugawa is the 234th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 23 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Gugawa

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

Gugawa lies about 38 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 84 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 Gugawa
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	6.3 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	38 km
Nearest town	Almora	57 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	84 km

Villages closest to Gugawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gugawa village had a population of 76. That makes it the 234th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Gugawa village has 38 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gugawa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Gugawa is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gugawa covers 23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gugawa falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gugawa is Ramnagar, about 84 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gugawa.

Gugawa is about 38 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gugawa is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 6.3 km away. Chamoli is about 38 km away. Almora is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.