About Chamela Village

Chamela is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2, made up of 1 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	11.95 hectares
Population	2
Male Population	1
Female Population	1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Chamela compares

By the 2011 count Chamela is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 11.95 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1158.

Getting to Chamela

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

Chamela lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Chamela
Nearest town	Pauri	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	33 km

Villages closest to Chamela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamela village had a population of 2. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Chamela village has 1 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamela has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Chamela is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamela covers 11.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamela falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chamela is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Chamela.

Chamela is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamela is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 21 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Srinagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.