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About Chachai Village

Chachai is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,323, made up of 620 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263642, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chachai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chachai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263642
Area (hectares) 240.73 hectares
Population 1,323
Male Population 620
Female Population 703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,134
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chachai compares

By the 2011 count Chachai is the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 240.73 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Chachai

Chachai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chachai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Chachai from other places

Chachai lies about 9.9 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 77 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 Chachai
District headquarters Bageshwar 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 11 km
Nearest town Almora 39 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 77 km

Villages closest to Chachai

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.

Common questions about Chachai

As per the Census of India 2011, Chachai village had a population of 1,323. That makes it the 9th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Chachai village has 620 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chachai has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1098.

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

Chachai covers 240.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chachai falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chachai is Kathgodam, about 77 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chachai.

Chachai is about 9.9 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chachai is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 9.9 km away. Kapkot is about 11 km away. Almora is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nankanyalikot (under 2 km), Harsila (2.7 km) and Dangugwar (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chachai today is likely to be higher.

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