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About Chargarh Village

Chargarh is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 51 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,451 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chargarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargarh village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246162
Area (hectares) 45.29 hectares
Population 125
Male Population 51
Female Population 74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,451
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargarh compares

By the 2011 count Chargarh is the 267th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 45.29 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Chargarh

Chargarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chargarh as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Chargarh from other places

Chargarh lies about 38 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 48 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 Chargarh
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 5.6 km
District headquarters Garhwal 38 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 48 km

Villages closest to Chargarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargarh village had a population of 125. That makes it the 267th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Chargarh village has 51 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargarh has about 1451 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Chargarh is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chargarh covers 45.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chargarh falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chargarh is Kotdwara, about 48 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chargarh.

Chargarh is about 38 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargarh is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 5.6 km away. Garhwal is about 38 km away. Kotdwara is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ashgarh (under 2 km), Bagar (under 2 km) and Beda Ka Bagar (under 2 km).

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

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