About Dewal Village

Dewal is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 60 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	36.88 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	60
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
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 Dewal compares

By the 2011 count Dewal is the 90th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 36.88 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 936.

Getting to Dewal

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

Dewal lies about 55 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 63 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 Dewal
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	22 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	49 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	55 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	63 km

Villages closest to Dewal

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 Dewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewal village had a population of 108. That makes it the 90th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Dewal village has 60 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewal has about 800 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 Dewal is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewal covers 36.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dewal falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dewal is Dehradun, about 63 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 Dewal.

Dewal is about 55 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewal is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 22 km away. Mussoorie is about 49 km away. Uttarkashi is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.