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About Khawara Village

Khawara is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 937, made up of 435 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khawara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249125
Area (hectares) 141.3 hectares
Population 937
Male Population 435
Female Population 502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khawara compares

By the 2011 count Khawara is the 20th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 141.3 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Khawara

Khawara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khawara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khawara from other places

Khawara lies about 64 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Khawara
Nearest town Pauri 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 64 km

Villages closest to Khawara

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.

Common questions about Khawara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khawara village had a population of 937. That makes it the 20th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Khawara village has 435 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khawara has about 1154 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 Khawara is 249125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khawara covers 141.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Khawara is Kotdwara, about 36 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khawara.

Khawara 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.

Khawara is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pauri is about 27 km away. Ghansali is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anuwa May Warh (under 2 km), Baleshwar (under 2 km) and Bhatwari (under 2 km).

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

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