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About Kwiral Gaon Village

Kwiral Gaon is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 14 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kwiral Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kwiral Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 71.59 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 14
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kwiral Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kwiral Gaon is the 203rd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 71.59 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1206.

Getting to Kwiral Gaon

Kwiral Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Kwiral Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kwiral Gaon from other places

Kwiral Gaon lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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 Kwiral Gaon
Nearest town Kotdwāra 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 9.4 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 18 km

Villages closest to Kwiral Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kwiral Gaon village had a population of 28. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Kwiral Gaon village has 14 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kwiral Gaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Kwiral Gaon is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kwiral Gaon covers 71.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kwiral Gaon falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kwiral Gaon is Kotdwara, about 9.4 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 <5 km distance for Kwiral Gaon.

Kwiral Gaon is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kwiral Gaon is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 9.3 km away. Kotdwara is about 9.4 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairana (under 2 km), Sigari (4.0 km) and Siladi (7.9 km).

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

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