About Giwali Village

Giwali is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 17 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giwali village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	73.61 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	17
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giwali compares

By the 2011 count Giwali is the 186th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 73.61 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Giwali

Giwali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giwali as Available within village. 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 Giwali from other places

Giwali lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Giwali
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	7.3 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Giwali

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 Giwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Giwali village had a population of 35. That makes it the 186th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Giwali village has 17 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giwali has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Giwali covers 73.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giwali falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Giwali is Kotdwara, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Giwali.

Giwali is about 11 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giwali is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 7.3 km away. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.