About Palnav Sonali Village

Palnav Sonali is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 17 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palnav Sonali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palnav Sonali village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	42.51 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	17
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
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 Palnav Sonali compares

By the 2011 count Palnav Sonali is the 182nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 42.51 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Palnav Sonali

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

Palnav Sonali lies about 13 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 Palnav Sonali
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	6.7 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	13 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	46 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	94 km

Villages closest to Palnav Sonali

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 Palnav Sonali

As per the Census of India 2011, Palnav Sonali village had a population of 35. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Palnav Sonali village has 17 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palnav Sonali has about 1059 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 Palnav Sonali is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palnav Sonali covers 42.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palnav Sonali falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Palnav Sonali 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 Palnav Sonali.

Palnav Sonali is about 13 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palnav Sonali is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 6.7 km away. Chamoli is about 13 km away. Srīnagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.