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About Chandni Village

Chandni is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 11 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandni village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 21.08 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 11
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,182
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 Chandni compares

By the 2011 count Chandni is the 266th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 21.08 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Chandni

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

Chandni lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 25 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 Chandni
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 25 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 25 km

Villages closest to Chandni

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 Chandni

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandni village had a population of 24. That makes it the 266th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Chandni village has 11 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandni has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Chandni is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandni covers 21.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chandni falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandni is Kotdwara, about 25 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 Chandni.

Chandni is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandni is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwara is about 25 km away. Kotdwāra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahar Gaon (3.3 km), Jogiyana (3.4 km) and Jogiyana (3.4 km).

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

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