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About Swari Village

Swari is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 493, made up of 226 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,181 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Swari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Swari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 182.98 hectares
Population 493
Male Population 226
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,181
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Swari compares

By the 2011 count Swari is the 36th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 182.98 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Swari

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

Swari lies about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Swari
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 10 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 10 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 40 km

Villages closest to Swari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Swari village had a population of 493. That makes it the 36th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Swari village has 226 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Swari has about 1181 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Swari is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Swari covers 182.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Swari falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Swari is Rishikesh, 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 village for Swari.

Swari is about 10 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Swari is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 10 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 10 km away. Rishikesh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandri (under 2 km), Ratwari (1.9 km) and Khamoli (4.9 km).

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

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