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About Pholanshi Village

Pholanshi is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 31 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pholanshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pholanshi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 40.01 hectares
Population 66
Male Population 31
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,129
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 Pholanshi compares

By the 2011 count Pholanshi is the 267th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 40.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1228.

Getting to Pholanshi

Pholanshi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pholanshi 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. The nearest villages by name are Paunsanda, Paw, Phalasi and Pharasuli. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Pholanshi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pholanshi village had a population of 66. That makes it the 267th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Pholanshi village has 31 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pholanshi has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Pholanshi is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pholanshi covers 40.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Pholanshi notes the nearest railway station 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 Pholanshi.

Pholanshi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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