About Duchanu Village

Duchanu is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 264 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duchanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duchanu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	263.14 hectares
Population	460
Male Population	264
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	742
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duchanu compares

By the 2011 count Duchanu is the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 263.14 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Duchanu

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

Duchanu lies about 67 km from Uttarkashi. 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 Duchanu
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	18 km
Nearest town	Shimla	66 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	67 km

Villages closest to Duchanu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Duchanu village had a population of 460. That makes it the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Duchanu village has 264 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duchanu has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Duchanu is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Duchanu covers 263.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Duchanu falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Duchanu 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 5 - 10 km distance for Duchanu.

Duchanu is about 67 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duchanu is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 66 km away. Uttarkashi is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.