About Sunkhola Village

Sunkhola is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 136 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,382 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunkhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunkhola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	278.71 hectares
Population	324
Male Population	136
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,382
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 Sunkhola compares

By the 2011 count Sunkhola is the 71st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 278.71 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1159.

Getting to Sunkhola

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

Sunkhola lies about 38 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Sunkhola
Nearest town	Almora	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	21 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	38 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	48 km

Villages closest to Sunkhola

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 Sunkhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunkhola village had a population of 324. That makes it the 71st largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Sunkhola village has 136 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunkhola has about 1382 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Sunkhola covers 278.71 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.

Sunkhola falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sunkhola is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Sunkhola.

Sunkhola is about 38 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunkhola is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 16 km away. Gangolihat is about 21 km away. Pithoragarh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.