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About Chamkot Village

Chamkot is a small village in Bhatwari tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 78 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Bhatwari
Pincode 249193
Area (hectares) 71.45 hectares
Population 147
Male Population 78
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
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 Chamkot compares

By the 2011 count Chamkot is the 88th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 578 residents. Its 71.45 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 966.

Getting to Chamkot

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

Chamkot lies about 5.7 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 58 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 Chamkot
District headquarters Uttarkashi 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhatwari 24 km
Nearest town Tehri 39 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 58 km

Villages closest to Chamkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamkot village had a population of 147. That makes it the 88th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 578 residents.

Chamkot village has 78 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamkot has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Chamkot is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamkot covers 71.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chamkot falls under Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chamkot is Dehradun, about 58 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 Chamkot.

Chamkot is about 5.7 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamkot is in Bhatwari tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 5.7 km away. Bhatwari is about 24 km away. Tehri is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Athali (2.9 km), Gyanja (3.6 km) and Sangrali (5.5 km).

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

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