About Mawasha Village

Mawasha is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 74 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mawasha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mawasha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	105.34 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	74
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
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 Mawasha compares

By the 2011 count Mawasha is the 144th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 105.34 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Mawasha

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

Mawasha lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Mawasha
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	32 km

Villages closest to Mawasha

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 Mawasha

As per the Census of India 2011, Mawasha village had a population of 146. That makes it the 144th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Mawasha village has 74 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mawasha has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Mawasha is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mawasha covers 105.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mawasha falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mawasha is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Mawasha.

Mawasha is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mawasha is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Kotdwara is about 32 km away. Kotdwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.