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About Deval / Banwar Village

Deval / Banwar is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 62 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deval / Banwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deval / Banwar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 113.79 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 62
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Deval / Banwar compares

By the 2011 count Deval / Banwar is the 158th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 113.79 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Deval / Banwar

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

Deval / Banwar lies about 7.4 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Deval / Banwar
District headquarters Garhwal 7.4 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 18 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 18 km

Villages closest to Deval / Banwar

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

Common questions about Deval / Banwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Deval / Banwar village had a population of 131. That makes it the 158th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Deval / Banwar village has 62 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deval / Banwar has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Deval / Banwar is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deval / Banwar covers 113.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deval / Banwar falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Deval / Banwar is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Deval / Banwar.

Deval / Banwar is about 7.4 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deval / Banwar is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 7.4 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bair Gaon (under 2 km), Bedul Lagga Dhargaon (under 2 km) and Dhar Gaon (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Deval / Banwar today is likely to be higher.

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