About Patal Chaura Village

Patal Chaura is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 140 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,436 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246488, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patal Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patal Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246488
Area (hectares)	125.71 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	140
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,436
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 Patal Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Patal Chaura is the 68th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 125.71 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Patal Chaura

Patal Chaura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Patal Chaura 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 Patal Chaura from other places

Patal Chaura lies about 47 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 74 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 Patal Chaura
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	16 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	47 km
Nearest town	Almora	48 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	74 km

Villages closest to Patal Chaura

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 Patal Chaura

As per the Census of India 2011, Patal Chaura village had a population of 341. That makes it the 68th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Patal Chaura village has 140 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patal Chaura has about 1436 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Patal Chaura is 246488. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Patal Chaura covers 125.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patal Chaura falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Patal Chaura is Ramnagar, about 74 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 Patal Chaura.

Patal Chaura is about 47 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patal Chaura is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 16 km away. Chamoli is about 47 km away. Almora is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.