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About Chamoli Village

Chamoli is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 16 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,438 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 29.94 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 16
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,438
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 Chamoli compares

By the 2011 count Chamoli is the 306th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 29.94 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Chamoli

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

Chamoli lies about 43 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Chamoli
Nearest town Almora 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 34 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 43 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 64 km

Villages closest to Chamoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamoli village had a population of 39. That makes it the 306th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Chamoli village has 16 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamoli has about 1438 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Chamoli is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamoli covers 29.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamoli falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chamoli is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Chamoli.

Chamoli is about 43 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamoli is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 27 km away. Didihat is about 34 km away. Pithoragarh is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamtoli (under 2 km), Dhunga (2.4 km) and Tunera (2.9 km).

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

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