About Tapowan Village

Tapowan is a large village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,227, made up of 1,928 males and 1,299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 674 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249192, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tapowan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tapowan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249192
Area (hectares)	72.04 hectares
Population	3,227
Male Population	1,928
Female Population	1,299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	674
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tapowan compares

By the 2011 count Tapowan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 72.04 hectares work out to about 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Tapowan

Tapowan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tapowan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Tapowan from other places

Tapowan lies about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 4.1 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 Tapowan
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	4.9 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	33 km

Villages closest to Tapowan

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.

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Common questions about Tapowan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tapowan village had a population of 3,227. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Tapowan village has 1,928 males and 1,299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tapowan has about 674 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Tapowan is 249192. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tapowan covers 72.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 45 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Tapowan is Rishikesh, about 4.1 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 village for Tapowan.

Tapowan is about 33 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tapowan is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 3.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 4.1 km away. Narendranagar is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.