About Podwala Village

Podwala is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 141 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,199 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podwala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	46.21 hectares
Population	310
Male Population	141
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,199
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Podwala compares

By the 2011 count Podwala is the 105th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 46.21 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Podwala

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

Podwala lies about 15 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 Podwala
District headquarters	Dehradun	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	15 km

Villages closest to Podwala

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 Podwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Podwala village had a population of 310. That makes it the 105th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Podwala village has 141 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podwala has about 1199 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

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

Podwala covers 46.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Podwala falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Podwala 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 village for Podwala.

Podwala is about 15 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Podwala is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Dehradun is about 15 km away. Vikasnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.