About Nail Village

Nail is a mid sized village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 293 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nail village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	160.63 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	293
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
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 Nail compares

By the 2011 count Nail is the 15th 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 160.63 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Nail

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

Nail lies about 39 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Nail
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	15 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	39 km
Nearest town	Pauri	49 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	76 km

Villages closest to Nail

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 Nail

As per the Census of India 2011, Nail village had a population of 585. That makes it the 15th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Nail village has 293 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nail has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Nail covers 160.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nail falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Nail is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Nail.

Nail is about 39 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nail is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 15 km away. Chamoli is about 39 km away. Pauri is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.