About Gawana Village

Gawana is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 64 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246170
Area (hectares)	75.62 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	64
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
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 Gawana compares

By the 2011 count Gawana is the 216th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 75.62 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1243.

Getting to Gawana

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

Gawana lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Gawana
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	8.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	27 km

Villages closest to Gawana

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.

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Common questions about Gawana

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawana village had a population of 126. That makes it the 216th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Gawana village has 64 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawana has about 969 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 1243.

The pincode recorded for Gawana is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawana covers 75.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawana falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawana is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Gawana.

Gawana is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawana is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 8.2 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.