About Charekha Village

Charekha is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 50 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charekha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246127
Area (hectares)	127.78 hectares
Population	106
Male Population	50
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
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 Charekha compares

By the 2011 count Charekha is the 178th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 127.78 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Charekha

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

Charekha 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 Charekha
District headquarters	Garhwal	7.0 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	10 km

Villages closest to Charekha

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Charekha

As per the Census of India 2011, Charekha village had a population of 106. That makes it the 178th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Charekha village has 50 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charekha has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

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

Charekha covers 127.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charekha falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Charekha 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 Charekha.

Charekha 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.

Charekha 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.