About Waichham Village

Waichham is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 98 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Waichham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waichham village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	136.12 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	98
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
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 Waichham compares

By the 2011 count Waichham is the 95th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 136.12 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Waichham

Waichham is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Waichham 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 Waichham from other places

Waichham 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 Waichham
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	18 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	35 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	63 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	101 km

Villages closest to Waichham

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 Waichham

As per the Census of India 2011, Waichham village had a population of 205. That makes it the 95th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Waichham village has 98 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waichham has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

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

Waichham covers 136.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Waichham falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Waichham 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 Waichham.

Waichham 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.

Waichham 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.