About Chhanika Village

Chhanika is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 54 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhanika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhanika village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	31.45 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	54
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Chhanika compares

By the 2011 count Chhanika is the 72nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 31.45 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 980.

Getting to Chhanika

Chhanika is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chhanika 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 Chhanika from other places

Chhanika lies about 31 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 73 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 Chhanika
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	31 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	31 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	57 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	73 km

Villages closest to Chhanika

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 Chhanika

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhanika village had a population of 102. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Chhanika village has 54 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhanika has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

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

Chhanika covers 31.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhanika falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhanika is Dehradun, about 73 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 Chhanika.

Chhanika is about 31 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhanika is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 31 km away. Uttarkashi is about 31 km away. Mussoorie is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.