About Doltu Village

Doltu is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 69 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doltu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doltu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	63.85 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	69
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
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 Doltu compares

By the 2011 count Doltu is the 140th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 63.85 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Doltu

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

Doltu lies about 34 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Doltu
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	7.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	34 km
Nearest town	Pauri	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	80 km

Villages closest to Doltu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gairsain 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 Doltu

As per the Census of India 2011, Doltu village had a population of 148. That makes it the 140th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Doltu village has 69 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doltu has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Doltu is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doltu covers 63.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Doltu falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Doltu is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Doltu.

Doltu is about 34 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doltu is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 7.9 km away. Chamoli is about 34 km away. Pauri is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.