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About Alisal Village

Alisal is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 59 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alisal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alisal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Pokhari
Pincode 246449
Area (hectares) 31.47 hectares
Population 125
Male Population 59
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
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 Alisal compares

By the 2011 count Alisal is the 89th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 31.47 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Alisal

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

Alisal lies about 30 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Alisal
Tehsil headquarters Pokhari 22 km
District headquarters Chamoli 30 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 40 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 80 km

Villages closest to Alisal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokhari 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 Alisal

As per the Census of India 2011, Alisal village had a population of 125. That makes it the 89th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Alisal village has 59 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alisal has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Alisal is 246449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alisal covers 31.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alisal falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Alisal is Kotdwara, about 80 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 Alisal.

Alisal is about 30 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alisal is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 22 km away. Chamoli is about 30 km away. Srīnagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ali (under 2 km), Tali Kansari (under 2 km) and Bareth (2.0 km).

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

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