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About Kamera Village

Kamera is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 112 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kamera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kamera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246429
Area (hectares) 74.56 hectares
Population 231
Male Population 112
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kamera compares

By the 2011 count Kamera is the 55th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 74.56 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 Kamera

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

Kamera lies about 14 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 103 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 Kamera
District headquarters Chamoli 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 16 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 58 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 103 km

Villages closest to Kamera

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.

Common questions about Kamera

As per the Census of India 2011, Kamera village had a population of 231. That makes it the 55th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Kamera village has 112 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kamera has about 1062 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 Kamera is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kamera covers 74.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kamera falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kamera is Kotdwara, about 103 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 village for Kamera.

Kamera is about 14 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kamera is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 14 km away. Karnaprayag is about 16 km away. Srīnagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kameda (under 2 km), Kamera Beat (under 2 km) and Baron (under 2 km).

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

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