About Kilwas Village

Kilwas is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 44 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kilwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kilwas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246162
Area (hectares)	28 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	44
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kilwas compares

By the 2011 count Kilwas is the 133rd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1266.

Getting to Kilwas

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

Kilwas lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Kilwas
Tehsil headquarters	Chaubattakhal	1.6 km
Nearest town	Pauri	25 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	43 km

Villages closest to Kilwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kilwas village had a population of 90. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Kilwas village has 44 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kilwas has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Kilwas is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kilwas covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kilwas falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kilwas is Kotdwara, about 43 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 village for Kilwas.

Kilwas is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kilwas is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 1.6 km away. Pauri is about 25 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.