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About Paw Village

Paw is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 169 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paw village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 110.32 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 169
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
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 Paw compares

By the 2011 count Paw is the 71st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 110.32 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Paw

Paw is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paw 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. The nearest villages by name are Par Pundali, Parpatala, Patakhal and Pathawara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Paw

As per the Census of India 2011, Paw village had a population of 360. That makes it the 71st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Paw village has 169 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paw has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Paw is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paw covers 110.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paw falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Paw notes the nearest railway station 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 Paw.

Paw is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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