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About Kolsi Village

Kolsi is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 100 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolsi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 148.85 hectares
Population 212
Male Population 100
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,120
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolsi compares

By the 2011 count Kolsi is the 58th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 148.85 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1206.

Getting to Kolsi

Kolsi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kolsi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kolsi from other places

Kolsi lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Kolsi
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 6.4 km
District headquarters Garhwal 21 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 23 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 23 km

Villages closest to Kolsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolsi village had a population of 212. That makes it the 58th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Kolsi village has 100 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolsi has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Kolsi is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolsi covers 148.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolsi falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kolsi is Kotdwara, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kolsi.

Kolsi is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolsi is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.4 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandi (under 2 km), Tilfaria Sera Kandi (under 2 km) and Amgaon (under 2 km).

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

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