About Churra Village

Churra is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 167 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Churra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Churra village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	478.36 hectares
Population	357
Male Population	167
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
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 Churra compares

By the 2011 count Churra is the 30th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 478.36 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Churra

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

Churra lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Churra
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	13 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Churra

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 Churra

As per the Census of India 2011, Churra village had a population of 357. That makes it the 30th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Churra village has 167 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Churra has about 1138 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 Churra is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Churra covers 478.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Churra falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Churra is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Churra.

Churra is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Churra is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.