About Herwal Gaon Village

Herwal Gaon is a mid sized village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 279 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Herwal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Herwal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Pratapnagar
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	99.83 hectares
Population	568
Male Population	279
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
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 Herwal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Herwal Gaon is the 53rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 99.83 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 1142.

Getting to Herwal Gaon

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

Herwal Gaon lies about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 51 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 Herwal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Pratapnagar	15 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	21 km
Nearest town	Tehri	21 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	51 km

Villages closest to Herwal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pratapnagar 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 Herwal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Herwal Gaon village had a population of 568. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Herwal Gaon village has 279 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Herwal Gaon has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Herwal Gaon is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Herwal Gaon covers 99.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Herwal Gaon falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Herwal Gaon is Harrawala, about 51 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 Herwal Gaon.

Herwal Gaon is about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Herwal Gaon is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 15 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 21 km away. Tehri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.