About Harishankar Village

Harishankar is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 77 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,442 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harishankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishankar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	66.69 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	77
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,442
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harishankar compares

By the 2011 count Harishankar is the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 66.69 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Harishankar

Harishankar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harishankar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Harishankar from other places

Harishankar lies about 26 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 86 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 Harishankar
District headquarters	Chamoli	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	26 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	46 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	86 km

Villages closest to Harishankar

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.

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Common questions about Harishankar

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishankar village had a population of 188. That makes it the 67th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Harishankar village has 77 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishankar has about 1442 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Harishankar is 246473. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishankar covers 66.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harishankar falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Harishankar is Kotdwara, about 86 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Harishankar.

Harishankar is about 26 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishankar is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 26 km away. Pokhari is about 26 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.