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About Chhamrotta Village

Chhamrotta is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 149 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhamrotta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhamrotta village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Puraula
Pincode 249185
Area (hectares) 279.3 hectares
Population 308
Male Population 149
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhamrotta compares

By the 2011 count Chhamrotta is the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 279.3 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Chhamrotta

Chhamrotta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chhamrotta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chhamrotta from other places

Chhamrotta lies about 25 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 39 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 Chhamrotta
Nearest town Tehri 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Puraula 25 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 25 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 39 km

Villages closest to Chhamrotta

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.

Common questions about Chhamrotta

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhamrotta village had a population of 308. That makes it the 35th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Chhamrotta village has 149 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhamrotta has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

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

Chhamrotta covers 279.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhamrotta falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhamrotta is Harrawala, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chhamrotta.

Chhamrotta is about 25 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhamrotta is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Tehri is about 17 km away. Puraula is about 25 km away. Uttarkashi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurara (under 2 km), Darmara (2.7 km) and Dokhari (9.4 km).

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

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