About Chaptari Village

Chaptari is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 158 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaptari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaptari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	100.3 hectares
Population	331
Male Population	158
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
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 Chaptari compares

By the 2011 count Chaptari is the 32nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 100.3 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Chaptari

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

Chaptari lies about 28 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 69 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 Chaptari
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	28 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	28 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	53 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	69 km

Villages closest to Chaptari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaptari village had a population of 331. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Chaptari village has 158 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaptari has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Chaptari is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaptari covers 100.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaptari falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaptari is Dehradun, about 69 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 Chaptari.

Chaptari is about 28 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaptari is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 28 km away. Uttarkashi is about 28 km away. Mussoorie is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.