About Chirkhun Village

Chirkhun is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 122 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,639 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chirkhun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirkhun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246453
Area (hectares)	77.87 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	122
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,639
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 Chirkhun compares

By the 2011 count Chirkhun is the 87th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 77.87 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 Chirkhun

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

Chirkhun lies about 21 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 94 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 Chirkhun
District headquarters	Chamoli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	94 km

Villages closest to Chirkhun

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 Chirkhun

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirkhun village had a population of 322. That makes it the 87th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Chirkhun village has 122 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirkhun has about 1639 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Chirkhun is 246453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chirkhun covers 77.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chirkhun falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chirkhun is Ramnagar, about 94 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 Chirkhun.

Chirkhun is about 21 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirkhun is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 21 km away. Tharali is about 24 km away. Srīnagar is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.