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About Guwar Village

Guwar is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 1 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guwar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246001
Area (hectares) 2.36 hectares
Population 3
Male Population 1
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,000
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 Guwar compares

By the 2011 count Guwar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 2.36 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Guwar

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

Guwar lies about 62 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 51 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 Guwar
Nearest town Srīnagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 23 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 51 km
District headquarters Garhwal 62 km

Villages closest to Guwar

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 Guwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Guwar village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Guwar village has 1 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guwar has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

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

Guwar covers 2.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Guwar falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Guwar is Rishikesh, about 51 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 Guwar.

Guwar is about 62 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guwar is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 16 km away. Pauri is about 23 km away. Rishikesh is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipal Dhar (3.9 km), Dhugra (4.4 km) and Kyorki Sain (6.0 km).

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

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