About Gagwara Village

Gagwara is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 182 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,253 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gagwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gagwara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246001
Area (hectares)	237.64 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	182
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,253
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gagwara compares

By the 2011 count Gagwara is the 40th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 237.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Gagwara

Gagwara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gagwara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gagwara from other places

Gagwara lies about 43 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 54 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 Gagwara
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	6.6 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	54 km

Villages closest to Gagwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gagwara village had a population of 410. That makes it the 40th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Gagwara village has 182 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gagwara has about 1253 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Gagwara is 246001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gagwara covers 237.64 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.

Gagwara falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gagwara is Kotdwara, about 54 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 village for Gagwara.

Gagwara is about 43 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gagwara is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 6.6 km away. Garhwal is about 43 km away. Kotdwara is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.