About Kolani Village

Kolani is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 151 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,457 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246406
Area (hectares)	112.4 hectares
Population	371
Male Population	151
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,457
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolani compares

By the 2011 count Kolani is the 58th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 112.4 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Kolani

Kolani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kolani 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 Kolani from other places

Kolani lies about 48 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 59 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 Kolani
Nearest town	Pauri	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	30 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	59 km

Villages closest to Kolani

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 Kolani

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolani village had a population of 371. That makes it the 58th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Kolani village has 151 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolani has about 1457 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Kolani is 246406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolani covers 112.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolani falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolani is Kotdwara, about 59 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 Kolani.

Kolani is about 48 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolani is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Pauri is about 21 km away. Gairsain is about 30 km away. Chamoli is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.