About Bursol Village

Bursol is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 177 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,175 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bursol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bursol village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	220.11 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	177
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,175
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 Bursol compares

By the 2011 count Bursol is the 71st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 220.11 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Bursol

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

Bursol lies about 35 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Bursol
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	6.6 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	35 km
Nearest town	Almora	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	92 km

Villages closest to Bursol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bursol village had a population of 385. That makes it the 71st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Bursol village has 177 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bursol has about 1175 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Bursol is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bursol covers 220.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bursol falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bursol is Ramnagar, about 92 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 Bursol.

Bursol is about 35 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bursol is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 6.6 km away. Chamoli is about 35 km away. Almora is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.