About Harchan Village

Harchan is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 287 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246482, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harchan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harchan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246482
Area (hectares)	49.7 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	287
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harchan compares

By the 2011 count Harchan is the 36th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 49.7 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Harchan

Harchan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harchan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Harchan from other places

Harchan lies about 41 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 82 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 Harchan
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	5.4 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	41 km
Nearest town	Almora	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	82 km

Villages closest to Harchan

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 Harchan

As per the Census of India 2011, Harchan village had a population of 527. That makes it the 36th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Harchan village has 287 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harchan has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Harchan is 246482. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harchan covers 49.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harchan falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Harchan is Ramnagar, about 82 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Harchan.

Harchan is about 41 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harchan is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 5.4 km away. Chamoli is about 41 km away. Almora is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.