About Gawalgaun Village

Gawalgaun is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 70 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 686 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawalgaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawalgaun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	180.69 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	70
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	686
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 Gawalgaun compares

By the 2011 count Gawalgaun is the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 180.69 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Gawalgaun

Gawalgaun is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gawalgaun 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 Gawalgaun from other places

Gawalgaun lies about 58 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 91 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 Gawalgaun
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	17 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	58 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	79 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	91 km

Villages closest to Gawalgaun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawalgaun village had a population of 118. That makes it the 87th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Gawalgaun village has 70 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawalgaun has about 686 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Gawalgaun is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawalgaun covers 180.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gawalgaun falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gawalgaun is Shimla, about 91 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 Gawalgaun.

Gawalgaun is about 58 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawalgaun is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 17 km away. Uttarkashi is about 58 km away. Mussoorie is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.