About Tal Village

Tal is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 40 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 550 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	17.57 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	40
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	550
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tal compares

By the 2011 count Tal is the 189th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 17.57 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Tal

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

Tal lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 82 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 Tal
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	14 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	82 km

Villages closest to Tal

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 Tal

As per the Census of India 2011, Tal village had a population of 62. That makes it the 189th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Tal village has 40 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tal has about 550 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 Tal is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tal covers 17.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tal falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tal is Kotdwara, about 82 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 Tal.

Tal is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tal is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.