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About Gawana Village

Gawana is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 119 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 83.73 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 119
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
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 Gawana compares

By the 2011 count Gawana is the 116th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 83.73 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gawana

Gawana is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Gawana 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 Gawana from other places

Gawana lies about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 26 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 Gawana
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 6.8 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 26 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 26 km

Villages closest to Gawana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawana village had a population of 232. That makes it the 116th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Gawana village has 119 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawana has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gawana is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawana covers 83.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawana falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawana is Dehradun, about 26 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 Gawana.

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

Gawana is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 6.8 km away. Mussoorie is about 15 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makhret (under 2 km), Syalsi (under 2 km) and Dangala (under 2 km).

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

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