About Harmal Village

Harmal is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 161 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harmal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	173.35 hectares
Population	309
Male Population	161
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
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 Harmal compares

By the 2011 count Harmal is the 92nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 173.35 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Harmal

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

Harmal lies about 58 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 Harmal
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	24 km
Nearest town	Almora	53 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	58 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	91 km

Villages closest to Harmal

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 Harmal

As per the Census of India 2011, Harmal village had a population of 309. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Harmal village has 161 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harmal has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Harmal covers 173.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Harmal falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Harmal 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 Harmal.

Harmal is about 58 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harmal is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 24 km away. Almora is about 53 km away. Chamoli is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.