About Char Village

Char is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 46 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,283 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Char Overview

Census 2011 figures for Char village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	107.2 hectares
Population	105
Male Population	46
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,283
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 Char compares

By the 2011 count Char is the 179th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 107.2 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Char

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

Char lies about 7.0 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 10 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 Char
District headquarters	Garhwal	7.0 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	10 km

Villages closest to Char

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.

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Common questions about Char

As per the Census of India 2011, Char village had a population of 105. That makes it the 179th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Char village has 46 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Char has about 1283 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

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

Char covers 107.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Char falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Char is Kotdwara, about 10 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 Char.

Char is about 7.0 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Char is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 7.0 km away. Kotdwāra is about 10 km away. Kotdwara is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.