About Gawal Gaon Village

Gawal Gaon is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 9 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	125.94 hectares
Population	21
Male Population	9
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,333
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gawal Gaon is the 213th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 125.94 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1227.

Getting to Gawal Gaon

Gawal Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gawal Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gawal Gaon from other places

Gawal Gaon lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 25 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 Gawal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	9.7 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	25 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	25 km

Villages closest to Gawal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Satpuli 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 Gawal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawal Gaon village had a population of 21. That makes it the 213th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Gawal Gaon village has 9 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawal Gaon has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Gawal Gaon is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawal Gaon covers 125.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawal Gaon falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawal Gaon is Kotdwara, about 25 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 - 10 km distance for Gawal Gaon.

Gawal Gaon is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawal Gaon is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 9.7 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.