About Danda Village

Danda is a small village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 123 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danda village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	287.13 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	123
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
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 Danda compares

By the 2011 count Danda is the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 287.13 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Danda

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

Danda lies about 15 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 18 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 Danda
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	15 km
District headquarters	Champawat	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	18 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	40 km

Villages closest to Danda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poornagiri 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 Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Danda village had a population of 251. That makes it the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Danda village has 123 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danda has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Danda is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danda covers 287.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Danda falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Danda is Tanakpur, about 18 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 Danda.

Danda is about 15 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danda is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Poornagiri is about 15 km away. Champawat is about 15 km away. Tanakpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.