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About Kei Painti Village

Kei Painti is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 79 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kei Painti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kei Painti village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Tharali
Pincode 246455
Area (hectares) 55.88 hectares
Population 165
Male Population 79
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
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 Kei Painti compares

By the 2011 count Kei Painti is the 171st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 55.88 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Kei Painti

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

Kei Painti lies about 29 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 89 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 Kei Painti
Tehsil headquarters Tharali 14 km
District headquarters Chamoli 29 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 62 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 89 km

Villages closest to Kei Painti

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.

Common questions about Kei Painti

As per the Census of India 2011, Kei Painti village had a population of 165. That makes it the 171st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Kei Painti village has 79 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kei Painti has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Kei Painti is 246455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kei Painti covers 55.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kei Painti falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kei Painti is Ramnagar, about 89 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 Kei Painti.

Kei Painti is about 29 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kei Painti is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 14 km away. Chamoli is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panti (under 2 km), Jakh (under 2 km) and Jakh Laga Sainj (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kei Painti today is likely to be higher.

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