About Sumalt Village

Sumalt is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 40 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sumalt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sumalt village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	44.27 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	40
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
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 Sumalt compares

By the 2011 count Sumalt is the 128th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 44.27 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Sumalt

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

Sumalt lies about 20 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 90 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 Sumalt
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	5.9 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	20 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	47 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	90 km

Villages closest to Sumalt

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 Sumalt

As per the Census of India 2011, Sumalt village had a population of 90. That makes it the 128th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Sumalt village has 40 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sumalt has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Sumalt is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sumalt covers 44.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sumalt falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sumalt is Kotdwara, about 90 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 Sumalt.

Sumalt 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.

Sumalt is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 5.9 km away. Chamoli is about 20 km away. Srīnagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.