About Kanchula Village

Kanchula is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 2 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanchula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanchula village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	48.74 hectares
Population	3
Male Population	2
Female Population	1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
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 Kanchula compares

By the 2011 count Kanchula is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 48.74 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 Kanchula

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

Kanchula lies about 16 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 94 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 Kanchula
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	6.7 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	16 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	49 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	94 km

Villages closest to Kanchula

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 Kanchula

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanchula village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Kanchula village has 2 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanchula has about 500 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 Kanchula is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanchula covers 48.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanchula falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kanchula is Kotdwara, about 94 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 Kanchula.

Kanchula is about 16 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanchula is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 6.7 km away. Chamoli is about 16 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.