About Tolma Village

Tolma is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 429, made up of 299 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 435 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tolma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tolma village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246472
Area (hectares)	83.14 hectares
Population	429
Male Population	299
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	435
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 Tolma compares

By the 2011 count Tolma is the 19th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 83.14 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 Tolma

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

Tolma lies about 42 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 140 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 Tolma
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	18 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	42 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	99 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	140 km

Villages closest to Tolma

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 Tolma

As per the Census of India 2011, Tolma village had a population of 429. That makes it the 19th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Tolma village has 299 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tolma has about 435 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 Tolma is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tolma covers 83.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tolma falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tolma is Ramnagar, about 140 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 Tolma.

Tolma is about 42 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tolma is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 18 km away. Chamoli is about 42 km away. Srīnagar is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.