About Chaniya Gaon Village

Chaniya Gaon is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 10 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaniya Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaniya Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	19.99 hectares
Population	21
Male Population	10
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
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 Chaniya Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Chaniya Gaon is the 280th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 19.99 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1159.

Getting to Chaniya Gaon

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

Chaniya Gaon lies about 29 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 87 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 Chaniya Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	29 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	87 km

Villages closest to Chaniya Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangolihat 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 Chaniya Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaniya Gaon village had a population of 21. That makes it the 280th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Chaniya Gaon village has 10 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaniya Gaon has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Chaniya Gaon is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaniya Gaon covers 19.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaniya Gaon falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaniya Gaon is Tanakpur, about 87 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 Chaniya Gaon.

Chaniya Gaon is about 29 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaniya Gaon is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.