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About Chanda Palla Village

Chanda Palla is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 14 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanda Palla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanda Palla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 55.21 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 14
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,857
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 Chanda Palla compares

By the 2011 count Chanda Palla is the 244th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 55.21 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1139.

Getting to Chanda Palla

Chanda Palla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chanda Palla 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 Chanda Palla from other places

Chanda Palla lies about 8.6 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Chanda Palla
District headquarters Garhwal 8.6 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 16 km

Villages closest to Chanda Palla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotdwara 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 Chanda Palla

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanda Palla village had a population of 40. That makes it the 244th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Chanda Palla village has 14 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanda Palla has about 1857 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Chanda Palla is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanda Palla covers 55.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanda Palla falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chanda Palla is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Chanda Palla.

Chanda Palla is about 8.6 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanda Palla is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 8.6 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Kotdwara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palla (under 2 km), Tairi (under 2 km) and Hathnur (under 2 km).

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

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