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About Choparya Village

Choparya is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 54 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,278 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Choparya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Choparya village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 48.79 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 54
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,278
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Choparya compares

By the 2011 count Choparya is the 200th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 48.79 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Choparya

Choparya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Choparya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Choparya from other places

Choparya lies about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Choparya
Nearest town Srīnagar 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 21 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 21 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 48 km

Villages closest to Choparya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Choparya village had a population of 123. That makes it the 200th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Choparya village has 54 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Choparya has about 1278 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Choparya is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Choparya covers 48.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Choparya falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Choparya is Rishikesh, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Choparya.

Choparya is about 21 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Choparya is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 17 km away. Devprayag is about 21 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kothar (under 2 km), Kuledi (under 2 km) and Dagar (under 2 km).

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

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