About Chami Village

Chami is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 59 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chami Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chami village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249121
Area (hectares)	40.74 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	59
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chami compares

By the 2011 count Chami is the 79th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 40.74 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Chami

Chami is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chami as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chami from other places

Chami lies about 7.8 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 29 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 Chami
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	6.8 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	7.8 km
Nearest town	Tehri	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	29 km

Villages closest to Chami

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chami village had a population of 124. That makes it the 79th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Chami village has 59 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chami has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Chami is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chami covers 40.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chami falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chami is Rishikesh, about 29 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 village for Chami.

Chami is about 7.8 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chami is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 6.8 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 7.8 km away. Tehri is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.