About Horawala Village

Horawala is a large village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,050, made up of 1,037 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 920.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Horawala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Horawala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	920.15 hectares
Population	2,050
Male Population	1,037
Female Population	1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Horawala compares

By the 2011 count Horawala is the 44th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 920.15 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Horawala

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

Horawala lies about 18 km from Dehradun. 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 Horawala
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	12 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	18 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	18 km

Villages closest to Horawala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Horawala village had a population of 2,050. That makes it the 44th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Horawala village has 1,037 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Horawala has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Horawala is 248197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Horawala covers 920.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Horawala falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Horawala notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Horawala.

Horawala is about 18 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Horawala is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 12 km away. Mussoorie is about 18 km away. Dehradun is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.