About Jhirkoti Village

Jhirkoti is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 173 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jhirkoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jhirkoti village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	103.95 hectares
Population	367
Male Population	173
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,121
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jhirkoti compares

By the 2011 count Jhirkoti is the 29th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 103.95 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Jhirkoti

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

Jhirkoti lies about 20 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 96 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 Jhirkoti
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	13 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	20 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	96 km

Villages closest to Jhirkoti

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 Jhirkoti

As per the Census of India 2011, Jhirkoti village had a population of 367. That makes it the 29th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Jhirkoti village has 173 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jhirkoti has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Jhirkoti is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jhirkoti covers 103.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jhirkoti falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jhirkoti is Ramnagar, about 96 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 Jhirkoti.

Jhirkoti is about 20 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jhirkoti is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 13 km away. Chamoli is about 20 km away. Srīnagar is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.