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About Pokhri Laga Odar Village

Pokhri Laga Odar is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 51 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pokhri Laga Odar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pokhri Laga Odar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Tharali
Pincode 246427
Area (hectares) 40.76 hectares
Population 111
Male Population 51
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pokhri Laga Odar compares

By the 2011 count Pokhri Laga Odar is the 208th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 40.76 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Pokhri Laga Odar

Pokhri Laga Odar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pokhri Laga Odar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Pokhri Laga Odar from other places

Pokhri Laga Odar lies about 60 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Pokhri Laga Odar
Tehsil headquarters Tharali 20 km
Nearest town Almora 35 km
District headquarters Chamoli 60 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 70 km

Villages closest to Pokhri Laga Odar

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 Pokhri Laga Odar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pokhri Laga Odar village had a population of 111. That makes it the 208th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Pokhri Laga Odar village has 51 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pokhri Laga Odar has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Pokhri Laga Odar is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pokhri Laga Odar covers 40.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pokhri Laga Odar falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pokhri Laga Odar is Kathgodam, about 70 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pokhri Laga Odar.

Pokhri Laga Odar 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.

Pokhri Laga Odar is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 20 km away. Almora is about 35 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.

The closest recorded villages are Ida (2.2 km), Majyana (2.6 km) and Kathali Gwar (5.6 km).

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

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