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About Gawali Danda Village

Gawali Danda is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 57 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawali Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawali Danda village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 87.52 hectares
Population 109
Male Population 57
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
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 Gawali Danda compares

By the 2011 count Gawali Danda is the 204th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 87.52 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Gawali Danda

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

Gawali Danda lies about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 12 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 Gawali Danda
Nearest town Rāipur 11 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 12 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 28 km

Villages closest to Gawali Danda

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 Gawali Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawali Danda village had a population of 109. That makes it the 204th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Gawali Danda village has 57 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawali Danda has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Gawali Danda is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawali Danda covers 87.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawali Danda falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawali Danda is Harrawala, about 12 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 Gawali Danda.

Gawali Danda is about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawali Danda is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rāipur is about 11 km away. Harrawala is about 12 km away. Dhanaulti is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Awali (under 2 km), Ghursal Gaon (2.0 km) and Danda Gaon (2.1 km).

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

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