About Karchi Village

Karchi is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 158 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246483, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karchi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246483
Area (hectares)	68.03 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	158
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karchi compares

By the 2011 count Karchi is the 31st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 68.03 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Karchi

Karchi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karchi as Available within 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 Karchi from other places

Karchi lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 130 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 Karchi
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	9.1 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	84 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	130 km

Villages closest to Karchi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Joshimath 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 Karchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Karchi village had a population of 328. That makes it the 31st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Karchi village has 158 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karchi has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Karchi is 246483. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karchi covers 68.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karchi falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karchi is Ramnagar, about 130 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karchi.

Karchi 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.

Karchi is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 9.1 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.