About Paini Village

Paini is a mid sized village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 369 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paini village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246443
Area (hectares)	270.05 hectares
Population	664
Male Population	369
Female Population	295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	799
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paini compares

By the 2011 count Paini is the 10th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 270.05 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 903.

Getting to Paini

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

Paini lies about 23 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 128 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 Paini
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	4.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	23 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	79 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	128 km

Villages closest to Paini

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 Paini

As per the Census of India 2011, Paini village had a population of 664. That makes it the 10th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Paini village has 369 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paini has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Paini is 246443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paini covers 270.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paini falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paini is Rishikesh, about 128 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 village for Paini.

Paini is about 23 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paini is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 4.9 km away. Chamoli is about 23 km away. Srīnagar is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.