About Gawai Village

Gawai is a small village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 178 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Pati
Pincode	262580
Area (hectares)	90.75 hectares
Population	348
Male Population	178
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawai compares

By the 2011 count Gawai is the 50th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 90.75 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Gawai

Gawai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gawai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gawai from other places

Gawai lies about 47 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 51 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 Gawai
Nearest town	Almora	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pati	33 km
District headquarters	Champawat	47 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	51 km

Villages closest to Gawai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawai village had a population of 348. That makes it the 50th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Gawai village has 178 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawai has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Gawai is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawai covers 90.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawai falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawai is Kathgodam, about 51 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 10+ km distance for Gawai.

Gawai is about 47 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawai is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Almora is about 15 km away. Pati is about 33 km away. Champawat is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.