About Gwar Village

Gwar is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 181 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,602 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gwar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Pratapnagar
Pincode	249165
Area (hectares)	177.74 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	181
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,602
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gwar compares

By the 2011 count Gwar is the 66th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 177.74 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Gwar

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

Gwar lies about 9.6 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 40 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 Gwar
Tehsil headquarters	Pratapnagar	4.5 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	9.6 km
Nearest town	Tehri	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Harrawala	40 km

Villages closest to Gwar

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 Gwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gwar village had a population of 471. That makes it the 66th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Gwar village has 181 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gwar has about 1602 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

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

Gwar covers 177.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gwar falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gwar is Harrawala, about 40 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 Gwar.

Gwar is about 9.6 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gwar is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pratapnagar is about 4.5 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.6 km away. Tehri is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.