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About Charkandai Village

Charkandai is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 23 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246169, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charkandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charkandai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Chaubattakhal
Pincode 246169
Area (hectares) 29.02 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 23
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,174
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Charkandai compares

By the 2011 count Charkandai is the 175th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 29.02 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Charkandai

Charkandai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Charkandai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Charkandai from other places

Charkandai lies about 34 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 45 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 Charkandai
Tehsil headquarters Chaubattakhal 10 km
Nearest town Pauri 34 km
District headquarters Garhwal 34 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 45 km

Villages closest to Charkandai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charkandai village had a population of 50. That makes it the 175th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Charkandai village has 23 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charkandai has about 1174 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Charkandai is 246169. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charkandai covers 29.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charkandai falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Charkandai is Kotdwara, about 45 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Charkandai.

Charkandai is about 34 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charkandai is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 10 km away. Pauri is about 34 km away. Garhwal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewan Ka Bunga (under 2 km), Bagri Dhar (under 2 km) and Bhanswara (1.6 km).

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

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