About Harsila Village

Harsila is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 225 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263642, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harsila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harsila village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263642
Area (hectares)	135.75 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	225
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harsila compares

By the 2011 count Harsila is the 49th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 135.75 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Harsila

Harsila is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harsila as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harsila from other places

Harsila lies about 9.4 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 76 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Harsila
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	9.0 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	9.4 km
Nearest town	Almora	38 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	76 km

Villages closest to Harsila

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kapkot tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Harsila

As per the Census of India 2011, Harsila village had a population of 470. That makes it the 49th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Harsila village has 225 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harsila has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Harsila is 263642. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harsila covers 135.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harsila falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Harsila is Kathgodam, about 76 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Harsila.

Harsila is about 9.4 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harsila is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 9.0 km away. Bageshwar is about 9.4 km away. Almora is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.