About Gawara Village

Gawara is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 254 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 279151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	279151
Area (hectares)	113.38 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	254
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawara compares

By the 2011 count Gawara is the 45th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 113.38 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Gawara

Gawara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gawara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Gawara from other places

Gawara lies about 34 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 26 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 Gawara
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	3.4 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	15 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	26 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	34 km

Villages closest to Gawara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawara village had a population of 479. That makes it the 45th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Gawara village has 254 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawara has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Gawara is 279151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawara covers 113.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawara falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawara is Dehradun, about 26 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gawara.

Gawara is about 34 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawara is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Dunda is about 3.4 km away. Mussoorie is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.