About Chorsa Village

Chorsa is a small village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 239 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorsa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263135
Area (hectares)	103.82 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	239
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
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 Chorsa compares

By the 2011 count Chorsa is the 24th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 103.82 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Chorsa

Chorsa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chorsa 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 Chorsa from other places

Chorsa lies about 3.7 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 19 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 Chorsa
District headquarters	Nainital	3.7 km
Nearest town	Naini Tāl	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	19 km

Villages closest to Chorsa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Chorsa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorsa village had a population of 475. That makes it the 24th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Chorsa village has 239 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorsa has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Chorsa is 263135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorsa covers 103.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chorsa falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chorsa is Kathgodam, about 19 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 Chorsa.

Chorsa is about 3.7 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorsa is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Nainital is about 3.7 km away. Naini Tāl is about 3.7 km away. Kosya Kutauli is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.