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About Khwir Village

Khwir is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 21 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,619 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246176, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khwir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khwir village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246176
Area (hectares) 37.99 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 21
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,619
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khwir compares

By the 2011 count Khwir is the 452nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 37.99 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1259.

Getting to Khwir

Khwir is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khwir as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Khola, Kholi, Kholi Dhar and Khon. 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 Khwir

As per the Census of India 2011, Khwir village had a population of 55. That makes it the 452nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Khwir village has 21 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khwir has about 1619 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

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

Khwir covers 37.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khwir falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khwir.

Khwir is in Pauri 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 Khwir today is likely to be higher.

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