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- LGD code
- 45008
- Pincode
- 248197
- Post office
- Sahaspur (Dehradun)
- Population
- 1,273
- Households
- 243
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 412
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 32 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 214 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Amba Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barwa compares
By population, Barwa ranks #65 of 141 villages in Vikas Nagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.6%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Barwa
- 62.6%
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 66.0%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
−4 vs mandal average
- Barwa
- 909
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 913
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Barwa
- 5.2
- Vikas Nagar mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barwa at a glance
Barwa is a village of 1,273 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Vikas Nagar tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 65th-largest of 141 villages in Vikas Nagar tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Dehradun district centre, 36 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 18 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 248197, served by Sahaspur (Dehradun) post office; the LGD village code is 45008. The nearest hospital or health centre is Amba Clinic, 10 km away. The village votes in Narendranagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Subodh Uniyal. The population is estimated at 1,501 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Barwa
- LGD code
- 45008
- Pincode
- 248197
- Post office
- Sahaspur (Dehradun)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,273
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,501
- Households
- 243
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Coordinates
- 30.25692°N, 78.35608°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narendranagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Subodh Uniyal
- Block / Mandal
- Vikas Nagar
Getting there
How to reach Barwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun32 kmcapital
- Delhi214 km
- Kolkata1312 km
- Mumbai1360 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh18 km
- Bus stopJeep stop13 km
- Hospital / PHCAmba Clinic10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India14 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil14 km
- CollegeDrona's College27 km
- Police stationPolice station15 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 248197
- Sahas PurVikas Nagar mandal8,841 pop
- ChharbaVikas Nagar mandal7,268 pop
- SabhawalaVikas Nagar mandal4,872 pop
- SherpurVikas Nagar mandal3,900 pop
- KedarawalaVikas Nagar mandal2,867 pop
- TimaliVikas Nagar mandal2,725 pop
- HorawalaVikas Nagar mandal2,050 pop
- TilwariVikas Nagar mandal726 pop
- KotiVikas Nagar mandal270 pop
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- Rasulpur
- Nawabgarh
- Jamni Pur
- Badam Wala
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- Rampur Kala
- Sudhauwala
- Jaman Khata
- Atakfarm
- Khushal Pur
- Sherpur
- Mehunwala Khalsa
- Mednipur Badripur
- Dumet
- Dhakimay Chak
- Athan Bagh
- Tiparpur
- Fatehpur
- Mirzapur Urf Dhalipur
- Babugarh
- Shisham Bara
- Jassowala
- Kedarawala
- Timali
- Lakshmi Pur
- Jhajra
- Kandhauli
- Shahpur Kalyanpur
- Bheemawala
- Kunja
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)