About Phala Village

Phala is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 21 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	16.78 hectares
Population	39
Male Population	21
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Phala compares

By the 2011 count Phala is the 179th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 16.78 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Phala

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

Phala lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 79 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 Phala
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	24 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	79 km

Villages closest to Phala

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 Phala

As per the Census of India 2011, Phala village had a population of 39. That makes it the 179th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Phala village has 21 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phala has about 857 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 Phala is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phala covers 16.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phala falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Phala is Rishikesh, about 79 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 Phala.

Phala is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phala is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 24 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.