About Kunwa Village

Kunwa is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 151 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249171
Area (hectares)	157.83 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	151
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunwa compares

By the 2011 count Kunwa is the 92nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 157.83 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Kunwa

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

Kunwa lies about 34 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 47 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 Kunwa
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	20 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	31 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	47 km

Villages closest to Kunwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunwa village had a population of 289. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Kunwa village has 151 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunwa has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Kunwa is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunwa covers 157.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kunwa falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kunwa is Dehradun, about 47 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 Kunwa.

Kunwa 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.

Kunwa is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 20 km away. Mussoorie is about 31 km away. Uttarkashi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.