About Cham Village

Cham is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 69 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cham village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	89.65 hectares
Population	145
Male Population	69
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
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 Cham compares

By the 2011 count Cham is the 189th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 89.65 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1243.

Getting to Cham

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

Cham 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 Cham
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	15 km
Nearest town	Pauri	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	33 km

Villages closest to Cham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cham village had a population of 145. That makes it the 189th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Cham village has 69 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cham has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Cham is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cham covers 89.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cham falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Cham 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Cham.

Cham 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.

Cham is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 15 km away. Pauri is about 21 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.