About Suwalekh Village

Suwalekh is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 41 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suwalekh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suwalekh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262553
Area (hectares)	256.37 hectares
Population	86
Male Population	41
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
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 Suwalekh compares

By the 2011 count Suwalekh is the 138th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 256.37 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1054.

Getting to Suwalekh

Suwalekh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Suwalekh 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 Suwalekh from other places

Suwalekh lies about 9.0 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 67 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 Suwalekh
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	9.0 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	9.0 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	67 km

Villages closest to Suwalekh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suwalekh village had a population of 86. That makes it the 138th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Suwalekh village has 41 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suwalekh has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Suwalekh is 262553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suwalekh covers 256.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suwalekh falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Suwalekh is Tanakpur, about 67 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 Suwalekh.

Suwalekh is about 9.0 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suwalekh is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 9.0 km away. Pithoragarh is about 9.0 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.