About Choting Village

Choting is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 73 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Choting Overview

Census 2011 figures for Choting village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	146.78 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	73
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,192
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 Choting compares

By the 2011 count Choting is the 175th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 146.78 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Choting

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

Choting lies about 60 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 91 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 Choting
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	27 km
Nearest town	Almora	53 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	60 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	91 km

Villages closest to Choting

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 Choting

As per the Census of India 2011, Choting village had a population of 160. That makes it the 175th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Choting village has 73 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Choting has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Choting is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Choting covers 146.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Choting falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Choting is Kathgodam, about 91 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 Choting.

Choting is about 60 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Choting is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 27 km away. Almora is about 53 km away. Chamoli is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.