About Gainwali Village

Gainwali is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 195 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gainwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gainwali village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249125
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	425
Male Population	195
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,179
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 Gainwali compares

By the 2011 count Gainwali is the 111th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 1240.

Getting to Gainwali

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

Gainwali lies about 64 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Gainwali
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	22 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	64 km

Villages closest to Gainwali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gainwali village had a population of 425. That makes it the 111th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Gainwali village has 195 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gainwali has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Gainwali is 249125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gainwali covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gainwali falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gainwali is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Gainwali.

Gainwali is about 64 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gainwali is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.