About Sugar Village

Sugar is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 162 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sugar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sugar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	252.45 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	162
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,142
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 Sugar compares

By the 2011 count Sugar is the 65th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 252.45 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Sugar

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

Sugar lies about 31 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 81 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 Sugar
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	11 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	31 km
Nearest town	Pauri	44 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	81 km

Villages closest to Sugar

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 Sugar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sugar village had a population of 347. That makes it the 65th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Sugar village has 162 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sugar has about 1142 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 Sugar is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sugar covers 252.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sugar falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sugar is Kotdwara, about 81 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 Sugar.

Sugar is about 31 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sugar is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 11 km away. Chamoli is about 31 km away. Pauri is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.