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- LGD code
- 47490
- Pincode
- 246155
- Post office
- Lansdowne
- Population
- 163
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1233 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 70
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 85 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 205 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Toli Dudharkhal Government Hospital · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gajwar compares
By population, Gajwar ranks #60 of 243 villages in Lansdowne mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
−4.6% vs mandal average
- Gajwar
- 67.5%
- Lansdowne mandal
- 72.1%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,233
+96 vs mandal average
- Gajwar
- 1,233
- Lansdowne mandal
- 1,137
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Gajwar
- 4.8
- Lansdowne mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gajwar at a glance
Gajwar is a village of 163 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Lansdowne tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 60th-largest of 243 villages in Lansdowne tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,233 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 21 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 26 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246155, served by Lansdowne post office; the LGD village code is 47490. The nearest hospital or health centre is Toli Dudharkhal Government Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 192 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gajwar
- LGD code
- 47490
- Pincode
- 246155
- Post office
- Lansdowne
- Population (Census 2011)
- 163
- Population (projected 2026)
- 192
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1233
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Coordinates
- 29.87487°N, 78.75039°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Lansdowne
Getting there
How to reach Gajwar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun85 kmcapital
- Delhi205 km
- Kolkata1256 km
- Mumbai1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara26 km
- Hospital / PHCToli Dudharkhal Government Hospital5 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM39 km
- Petrol pumpIoc32 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry32 km
- Police stationPolice station50 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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