About Mehal Chauri Village

Mehal Chauri is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 53 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mehal Chauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mehal Chauri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	16.11 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	53
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mehal Chauri compares

By the 2011 count Mehal Chauri is the 164th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 16.11 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 Mehal Chauri

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

Mehal Chauri lies about 50 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 57 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 Mehal Chauri
Nearest town	Pauri	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	32 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	57 km

Villages closest to Mehal Chauri

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 Mehal Chauri

As per the Census of India 2011, Mehal Chauri village had a population of 96. That makes it the 164th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Mehal Chauri village has 53 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mehal Chauri has about 811 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 Mehal Chauri is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mehal Chauri covers 16.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mehal Chauri falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mehal Chauri is Kotdwara, about 57 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 10+ km distance for Mehal Chauri.

Mehal Chauri is about 50 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mehal Chauri is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Pauri is about 19 km away. Gairsain is about 32 km away. Chamoli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.