About Ruriya Tal Village

Ruriya Tal is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 100 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ruriya Tal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruriya Tal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	63.06 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	100
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
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 Ruriya Tal compares

By the 2011 count Ruriya Tal is the 112th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 63.06 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Ruriya Tal

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

Ruriya 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 Ruriya 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 Ruriya 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 Ruriya Tal

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruriya Tal village had a population of 209. That makes it the 112th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Ruriya Tal village has 100 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruriya Tal has about 1090 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 Ruriya Tal is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ruriya Tal covers 63.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ruriya Tal falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ruriya 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ruriya Tal.

Ruriya 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.

Ruriya 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.