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About Gweel Village

Gweel is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 58 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gweel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gweel village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 40.06 hectares
Population 122
Male Population 58
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gweel compares

By the 2011 count Gweel is the 220th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 40.06 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1243.

Getting to Gweel

Gweel is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gweel as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Guniyal, Gutheria, Guthiyal Gaon and Gwarchaur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gweel

As per the Census of India 2011, Gweel village had a population of 122. That makes it the 220th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Gweel village has 58 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gweel has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Gweel covers 40.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gweel falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Gweel notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gweel.

Gweel is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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