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About Kwirali Village

Kwirali is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 12 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kwirali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kwirali village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 69.43 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 12
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kwirali compares

By the 2011 count Kwirali is the 400th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 69.43 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 Kwirali

Kwirali is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kwirali as Available within 5 - 10 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kwirali from other places

Kwirali lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 31 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 Kwirali
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 12 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Pauri 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 31 km

Villages closest to Kwirali

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 Kwirali

As per the Census of India 2011, Kwirali village had a population of 30. That makes it the 400th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Kwirali village has 12 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kwirali has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Kwirali covers 69.43 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.

Kwirali falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kwirali is Kotdwara, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kwirali.

Kwirali is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kwirali is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 12 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Pauri is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Quirali (under 2 km), Quirali Talli (under 2 km) and Bandil (2.7 km).

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

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