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About Kewars Village

Kewars is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 44 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,432 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246176, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kewars Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kewars village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246176
Area (hectares) 60.27 hectares
Population 107
Male Population 44
Female Population 63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,432
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 Kewars compares

By the 2011 count Kewars is the 303rd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 60.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1259.

Getting to Kewars

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

Kewars lies about 38 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Kewars
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 4.4 km
District headquarters Garhwal 38 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km

Villages closest to Kewars

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.

Common questions about Kewars

As per the Census of India 2011, Kewars village had a population of 107. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Kewars village has 44 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kewars has about 1432 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Kewars is 246176. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kewars covers 60.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kewars falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kewars is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Kewars.

Kewars is about 38 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kewars is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 4.4 km away. Garhwal is about 38 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bangar Gaon (under 2 km), Bhimlli Talli (2.0 km) and Baunsari (2.3 km).

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

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