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About Alanwari Village

Alanwari is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4, made up of 1 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 3,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alanwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alanwari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 9.29 hectares
Population 4
Male Population 1
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 3,000
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 Alanwari compares

By the 2011 count Alanwari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 9.29 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, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Alanwari

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

Alanwari lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Alanwari
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 18 km
District headquarters Garhwal 26 km
Nearest town Pauri 27 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km

Villages closest to Alanwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alanwari village had a population of 4. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Alanwari village has 1 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alanwari has about 3000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Alanwari is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alanwari covers 9.29 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.

Alanwari falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Alanwari is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Alanwari.

Alanwari 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.

Alanwari is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 18 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chindalwari (under 2 km), Dhiswari (under 2 km) and Gwarchaur (under 2 km).

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

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