About Gwalna Village

Gwalna is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 29 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,552 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gwalna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwalna village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249122
Area (hectares)	97.54 hectares
Population	74
Male Population	29
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,552
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 Gwalna compares

By the 2011 count Gwalna is the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 97.54 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Gwalna

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

Gwalna lies about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 52 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 Gwalna
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	33 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	33 km
Nearest town	Tehri	33 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	52 km

Villages closest to Gwalna

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.

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Common questions about Gwalna

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwalna village had a population of 74. That makes it the 255th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Gwalna village has 29 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwalna has about 1552 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Gwalna is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gwalna covers 97.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gwalna is Dehradun, about 52 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 Gwalna.

Gwalna is about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwalna is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 33 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 33 km away. Tehri is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.