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About Gangwari Gaon Village

Gangwari Gaon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 27 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangwari Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangwari Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249300
Area (hectares) 64.25 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 27
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,222
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangwari Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Gangwari Gaon is the 276th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 64.25 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1228.

Getting to Gangwari Gaon

Gangwari Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gangwari Gaon as Available within <5 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 Gangwari Gaon from other places

Gangwari Gaon lies about 4.9 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Gangwari Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 4.9 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 4.9 km
Nearest town Tehri 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 32 km

Villages closest to Gangwari Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangwari Gaon village had a population of 60. That makes it the 276th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Gangwari Gaon village has 27 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangwari Gaon has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Gangwari Gaon is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangwari Gaon covers 64.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangwari Gaon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gangwari Gaon is Rishikesh, about 32 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gangwari Gaon.

Gangwari Gaon is about 4.9 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangwari Gaon is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 4.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.9 km away. Tehri is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gwari Lagga Gusian Gaon (under 2 km), Chach Kanda (under 2 km) and Gorti Kanda (under 2 km).

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

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