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- LGD code
- 41391
- Pincode
- 246449
- Post office
- Nandprayag
- Population
- 103
- Households
- 24
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 1191 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 57
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 125 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 279 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nandprayag Governnment Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gwala compares
By population, Gwala ranks #42 of 65 villages in Nandprayag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Gwala
- 66.0%
- Nandprayag mandal
- 70.8%
- Chamoli district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,191
+94 vs mandal average
- Gwala
- 1,191
- Nandprayag mandal
- 1,097
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Gwala
- 4.3
- Nandprayag mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gwala at a glance
Gwala is a village of 103 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Nandprayag tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 42nd-largest of 65 villages in Nandprayag tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,191 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Chamoli district centre, 48 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246449, served by Nandprayag post office; the LGD village code is 41391. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nandprayag Governnment Hospital, 4 km away. The population is estimated at 121 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Gwala
- LGD code
- 41391
- Pincode
- 246449
- Post office
- Nandprayag
- Population (Census 2011)
- 103
- Population (projected 2026)
- 121
- Households
- 24
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1191
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Coordinates
- 30.30358°N, 79.33923°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karnprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Block / Mandal
- Nandprayag
Getting there
How to reach Gwala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun125 kmcapital
- Delhi279 km
- Kolkata1243 km
- Mumbai1408 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopPursari5 km
- Hospital / PHCNandprayag Governnment Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankSBI11 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION12 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry42 km
- Police stationMilitary border34 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
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