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About Garwali Village

Garwali is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 54 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garwali village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246419
Area (hectares) 70.23 hectares
Population 112
Male Population 54
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
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 Garwali compares

By the 2011 count Garwali is the 163rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 70.23 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Garwali

Garwali is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garwali 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 Garwali from other places

Garwali lies about 26 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 94 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 Garwali
District headquarters Rudraprayag 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 27 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 46 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 94 km

Villages closest to Garwali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ukhimath 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 Garwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Garwali village had a population of 112. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Garwali village has 54 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garwali has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Garwali is 246419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garwali covers 70.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garwali falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Garwali is Kotdwara, about 94 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 Garwali.

Garwali is about 26 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garwali is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Rudraprayag is about 26 km away. Ukhimath is about 27 km away. Srīnagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barangali (under 2 km), Dewali Bhanigram (under 2 km) and Madali (under 2 km).

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

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