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Gwar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Gwar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Srinagar mandal is Tarakund Shiva Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gwar itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Gwar ranks #128 of 221 villages in Srinagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gwar ఉత్తరాఖండ్లోని ఘర్వాల్ జిల్లా, Srinagar తహసీల్లో 38 జనాభా 11 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Srinagar తహసీల్లోని 221 గ్రామాలలో 128వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 66%, తహసీల్ సగటు 77% కంటే 11 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 900 మహిళలు. ఇది ఘర్వాల్ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 20 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Kulheri నుండి 23 కి.మీ, Kotdwara రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 63 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 246147, Khirshu పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 45418. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 11 కి.మీ దూరంలో. గ్రామం Srinagar అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 45, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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