About Kirasal Village

Kirasal is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 273 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248487, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirasal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirasal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	248487
Area (hectares)	335.38 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	273
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
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 Kirasal compares

By the 2011 count Kirasal is the 25th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 335.38 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Kirasal

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

Kirasal lies about 30 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Kirasal
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	19 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	30 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	36 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	78 km

Villages closest to Kirasal

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 Kirasal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirasal village had a population of 552. That makes it the 25th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Kirasal village has 273 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirasal has about 1022 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 Kirasal is 248487. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirasal covers 335.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kirasal falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kirasal is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Kirasal.

Kirasal is about 30 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirasal is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 19 km away. Chamoli is about 30 km away. Srīnagar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.