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About Dewali Village

Dewali is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 192 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewali village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 178.04 hectares
Population 388
Male Population 192
Female Population 196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dewali compares

By the 2011 count Dewali is the 56th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 178.04 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1109.

Getting to Dewali

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

Dewali lies about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 13 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 Dewali
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh 13 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 13 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 26 km

Villages closest to Dewali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewali village had a population of 388. That makes it the 56th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Dewali village has 192 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewali has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Dewali is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewali covers 178.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewali falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dewali is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Dewali.

Dewali 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.

Dewali is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 6.7 km away. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 13 km away. Rishīkesh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kakhil (2.0 km), Kaund (2.2 km) and Kund Chak (2.2 km).

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

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