About Chunkhet Village

Chunkhet is a small village in THALISAIN tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 82 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chunkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chunkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	THALISAIN
Pincode	246130
Area (hectares)	41.39 hectares
Population	176
Male Population	82
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,146
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chunkhet compares

By the 2011 count Chunkhet is the 181st largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 232 residents. Its 41.39 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

Getting to Chunkhet

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

Chunkhet lies about 67 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Chunkhet
Tehsil headquarters	THALISAIN	19 km
Nearest town	Pauri	40 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	67 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	78 km

Villages closest to Chunkhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chunkhet village had a population of 176. That makes it the 181st largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 232 residents.

Chunkhet village has 82 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chunkhet has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1285.

The pincode recorded for Chunkhet is 246130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chunkhet covers 41.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chunkhet falls under THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chunkhet is Kotdwara, about 78 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 10+ km distance for Chunkhet.

Chunkhet is about 67 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chunkhet is in THALISAIN tehsil of Garhwal district. THALISAIN is about 19 km away. Pauri is about 40 km away. Garhwal is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.