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About Longsagari Village

Longsagari is a small village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 56 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246472, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longsagari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longsagari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Joshimath
Pincode 246472
Area (hectares) 167.54 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 56
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Longsagari compares

By the 2011 count Longsagari is the 65th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 167.54 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Longsagari

Longsagari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Longsagari as Available within 5 - 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 Longsagari from other places

Longsagari lies about 4.3 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 106 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 Longsagari
District headquarters Chamoli 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Joshimath 27 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 57 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 106 km

Villages closest to Longsagari

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.

Common questions about Longsagari

As per the Census of India 2011, Longsagari village had a population of 100. That makes it the 65th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Longsagari village has 56 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longsagari has about 786 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 Longsagari is 246472. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longsagari covers 167.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Longsagari falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Longsagari is Rishikesh, about 106 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Longsagari.

Longsagari is about 4.3 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longsagari is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 4.3 km away. Joshimath is about 27 km away. Srīnagar is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamoli (5.3 km), Mahargaon (10 km) and Jalgwar (10 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Longsagari today is likely to be higher.

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