About Chamtola Village

Chamtola is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 45 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamtola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamtola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	52.01 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	45
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamtola compares

By the 2011 count Chamtola is the 194th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 52.01 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Chamtola

Chamtola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chamtola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chamtola from other places

Chamtola lies about 33 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 65 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 Chamtola
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	15 km
Nearest town	Almora	30 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	65 km

Villages closest to Chamtola

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 Chamtola

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamtola village had a population of 90. That makes it the 194th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Chamtola village has 45 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamtola has about 1000 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 Chamtola is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamtola covers 52.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamtola falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chamtola is Kathgodam, about 65 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chamtola.

Chamtola is about 33 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamtola is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 15 km away. Almora is about 30 km away. Pithoragarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.