About Sela Village

Sela is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 114 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262546
Area (hectares)	174.06 hectares
Population	211
Male Population	114
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
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 Sela compares

By the 2011 count Sela is the 54th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 174.06 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Sela

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

Sela lies about 73 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 129 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 Sela
Tehsil headquarters	Dharchula	34 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	73 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	73 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	129 km

Villages closest to Sela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sela village had a population of 211. That makes it the 54th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Sela village has 114 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sela has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Sela is 262546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sela covers 174.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sela falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sela is Tanakpur, about 129 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 Sela.

Sela is about 73 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sela is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Dharchula is about 34 km away. Pithoragarh is about 73 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.