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About Dhan Chula Village

Dhan Chula is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 204, made up of 108 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhan Chula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhan Chula village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 98.83 hectares
Population 204
Male Population 108
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
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 Dhan Chula compares

By the 2011 count Dhan Chula is the 136th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 98.83 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Dhan Chula

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

Dhan Chula lies about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 14 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 Dhan Chula
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 8.9 km
Nearest town Rāipur 11 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 14 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 29 km

Villages closest to Dhan Chula

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Dhan Chula

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhan Chula village had a population of 204. That makes it the 136th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Dhan Chula village has 108 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhan Chula has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Dhan Chula is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhan Chula covers 98.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhan Chula falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dhan Chula is Harrawala, about 14 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 Dhan Chula.

Dhan Chula is about 29 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhan Chula is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 8.9 km away. Rāipur is about 11 km away. Harrawala is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghena (under 2 km), Tachhila (2.0 km) and Dhaula Giri (2.2 km).

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

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