About Jainta Village

Jainta is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 33 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jainta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jainta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	44.79 hectares
Population	60
Male Population	33
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jainta compares

By the 2011 count Jainta is the 155th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 44.79 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1199.

Getting to Jainta

Jainta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jainta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Jainta from other places

Jainta lies about 26 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 88 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 Jainta
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	11 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	26 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	49 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	88 km

Villages closest to Jainta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jainta village had a population of 60. That makes it the 155th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Jainta village has 33 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jainta has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Jainta is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jainta covers 44.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jainta falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jainta is Kotdwara, about 88 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 village for Jainta.

Jainta is about 26 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jainta is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 11 km away. Chamoli is about 26 km away. Srīnagar is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.