About Ruisan Village

Ruisan is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,321, made up of 632 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ruisan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruisan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	260.75 hectares
Population	1,321
Male Population	632
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
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 Ruisan compares

By the 2011 count Ruisan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 260.75 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Ruisan

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

Ruisan lies about 33 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, 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 Ruisan
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	8.2 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	33 km
Nearest town	Almora	62 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	91 km

Villages closest to Ruisan

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 Ruisan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruisan village had a population of 1,321. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Ruisan village has 632 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruisan has about 1090 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 Ruisan is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ruisan covers 260.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ruisan falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ruisan is Ramnagar, 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 Ruisan.

Ruisan is about 33 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruisan is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 8.2 km away. Chamoli is about 33 km away. Almora is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.