About Chorkandi Village

Chorkandi is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 166 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246167, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorkandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorkandi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246167
Area (hectares)	146.84 hectares
Population	391
Male Population	166
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,355
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chorkandi compares

By the 2011 count Chorkandi is the 48th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 146.84 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Chorkandi

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

Chorkandi lies about 35 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 46 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 Chorkandi
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	35 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	46 km

Villages closest to Chorkandi

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.

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Common questions about Chorkandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorkandi village had a population of 391. That makes it the 48th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Chorkandi village has 166 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorkandi has about 1355 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Chorkandi is 246167. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorkandi covers 146.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chorkandi falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chorkandi is Kotdwara, about 46 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 Chorkandi.

Chorkandi is about 35 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorkandi is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 35 km away. Kotdwara is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.