About Paini Village

Paini is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 91 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,363 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paini village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	62.5 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	91
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,363
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 Paini compares

By the 2011 count Paini is the 61st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 62.5 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Paini

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

Paini lies about 29 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 89 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 Paini
District headquarters	Chamoli	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	32 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	89 km

Villages closest to Paini

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 Paini

As per the Census of India 2011, Paini village had a population of 215. That makes it the 61st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Paini village has 91 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paini has about 1363 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Paini covers 62.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paini falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paini is Ramnagar, about 89 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 Paini.

Paini is about 29 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paini is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 29 km away. Pokhari is about 32 km away. Srīnagar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.