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About Chamkot Village

Chamkot is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 11 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,364 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 22.5 hectares
Population 26
Male Population 11
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,364
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamkot compares

By the 2011 count Chamkot is the 406th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 22.5 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1243.

Getting to Chamkot

Chamkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chamkot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chamkot from other places

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

Villages closest to Chamkot

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.

Common questions about Chamkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamkot village had a population of 26. That makes it the 406th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Chamkot village has 11 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamkot has about 1364 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Chamkot is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamkot covers 22.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamkot falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chamkot 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chamkot.

Chamkot 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.

Chamkot 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.

The closest recorded villages are Cham (under 2 km), Baluni Gaon (under 2 km) and Badiyargaon Talla (2.1 km).

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

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