About Wachham Village

Wachham is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 625 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1320.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wachham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wachham village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	1320.98 hectares
Population	1,244
Male Population	625
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Wachham compares

By the 2011 count Wachham is the 10th 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 1320.98 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Wachham

Wachham is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Wachham as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Wachham from other places

Wachham lies about 35 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 101 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 Wachham
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	18 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	35 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	63 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	101 km

Villages closest to Wachham

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 Wachham

As per the Census of India 2011, Wachham village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 10th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Wachham village has 625 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wachham has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Wachham is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wachham covers 1320.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Wachham falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Wachham is Kathgodam, about 101 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wachham.

Wachham is about 35 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wachham is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 18 km away. Bageshwar is about 35 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.