About Gwirala Village

Gwirala is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 32 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gwirala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwirala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246127
Area (hectares)	152.11 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	32
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
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 Gwirala compares

By the 2011 count Gwirala is the 212th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 152.11 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Gwirala

Gwirala is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gwirala 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 Gwirala from other places

Gwirala lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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 Gwirala
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	9.4 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km

Villages closest to Gwirala

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.

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Common questions about Gwirala

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwirala village had a population of 66. That makes it the 212th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Gwirala village has 32 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwirala has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Gwirala is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gwirala covers 152.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gwirala falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gwirala is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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 Gwirala.

Gwirala is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwirala is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 9.3 km away. Kotdwara is about 9.4 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.