About Kuraipani Village

Kuraipani is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 17 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 647 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuraipani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuraipani village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246472
Area (hectares)	40.22 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	17
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	647
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 Kuraipani compares

By the 2011 count Kuraipani is the 84th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 40.22 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Kuraipani

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

Kuraipani lies about 39 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 138 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 Kuraipani
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	16 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	39 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	96 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	138 km

Villages closest to Kuraipani

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 Kuraipani

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuraipani village had a population of 28. That makes it the 84th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Kuraipani village has 17 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuraipani has about 647 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 Kuraipani is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuraipani covers 40.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuraipani falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kuraipani is Ramnagar, about 138 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 Kuraipani.

Kuraipani is about 39 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kuraipani is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 16 km away. Chamoli is about 39 km away. Srīnagar is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.