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- LGD code
- 43863
- Pincode
- 249001
- Post office
- New Tehri Collectrate
- Population
- 78
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1108 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 41
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 47 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 233 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Madannegi · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gwar compares
By population, Gwar ranks #159 of 240 villages in Tehri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.1%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Gwar
- 64.1%
- Tehri mandal
- 66.7%
- Tehri Garhwal district
- 65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,108
−8 vs mandal average
- Gwar
- 1,108
- Tehri mandal
- 1,116
Household size
people per home
3.1
−1.4 vs mandal average
- Gwar
- 3.1
- Tehri mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gwar at a glance
Gwar is a village of 78 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Tehri tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 159th-largest of 240 villages in Tehri tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,108 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 45 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 37 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249001, served by New Tehri Collectrate post office; the LGD village code is 43863. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Madannegi, 4 km away. The village votes in Tehri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kishore Upadhyay. The population is estimated at 92 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gwar
- LGD code
- 43863
- Pincode
- 249001
- Post office
- New Tehri Collectrate
- Population (Census 2011)
- 78
- Population (projected 2026)
- 92
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1108
- Literacy rate
- 64.1%
- Coordinates
- 30.37578°N, 78.51467°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tehri
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kishore Upadhyay
- Block / Mandal
- Tehri
Getting there
How to reach Gwar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun47 kmcapital
- Delhi233 km
- Kolkata1308 km
- Mumbai1379 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh37 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Madannegi4 km
- ATM / banksbi24 km
- Petrol pumphp23 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS31 km
- Police stationCheckpoint3 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Gwar
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
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Villages near Gwar
Other villages in Tehri mandal
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- Bagi
- Kuthha
- Dharsal Gaon
- Pata
- Nakot Ka Lagga Kakara
- Dikhol Gaon Maniyar
- Aleo Chak
- Kirgani
- Hadam Malla
- Sunhr Gaon
- Syuta Bara
- Jaulangi
- Kainchhu
- Jagdhar
- Silogi
- Swari
- Jakh
- Nawagarh
- Kemwal Gaon
- Birgani
- Lamkot
- Guldi
- Tehri Range
- Gunogi
- Dobra
- Arakot
- Nagaid Davya
- Palas
- Dobari
- Kuriyal Gaon
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)