About Morpani Village

Morpani is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 15 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morpani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morpani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	24.91 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	15
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Morpani compares

By the 2011 count Morpani is the 205th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 24.91 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Morpani

Morpani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Morpani as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Morpani from other places

Morpani lies about 68 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 54 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 Morpani
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	31 km
Nearest town	Almora	32 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	54 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	68 km

Villages closest to Morpani

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 Morpani

As per the Census of India 2011, Morpani village had a population of 28. That makes it the 205th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Morpani village has 15 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morpani has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Morpani is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morpani covers 24.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morpani falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Morpani is Ramnagar, about 54 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Morpani.

Morpani is about 68 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morpani is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 31 km away. Almora is about 32 km away. Ramnagar is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.