About Gudam Village

Gudam is a mid sized village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 306 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gudam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gudam village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	206.34 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	306
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Gudam compares

By the 2011 count Gudam is the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 206.34 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Gudam

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

Gudam lies about 80 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Gudam
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	36 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	36 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	80 km

Villages closest to Gudam

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 Gudam

As per the Census of India 2011, Gudam village had a population of 587. That makes it the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Gudam village has 306 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gudam has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Gudam covers 206.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gudam falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gudam is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Gudam.

Gudam is about 80 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gudam is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 33 km away. Kotdwara is about 36 km away. Kotdwāra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.