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- LGD code
- 54187
- Pincode
- 262525
- Post office
- Abbotmount
- Population
- 184
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1165 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 83
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 88 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 239 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 61 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Chipalghat · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhera compares
By population, Chhera ranks #50 of 103 villages in Barakot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−4.8% vs mandal average
- Chhera
- 60.3%
- Barakot mandal
- 65.1%
- Champawat district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,165
+136 vs mandal average
- Chhera
- 1,165
- Barakot mandal
- 1,029
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Chhera
- 4.8
- Barakot mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhera at a glance
Chhera is a village of 184 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Barakot tehsil, Champawat district, Uttarakhand, the 50th-largest of 103 villages in Barakot tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,165 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Champawat district centre, 17 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 61 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262525, served by Abbotmount post office; the LGD village code is 54187. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Chipalghat, 5 km away. The village votes in Rudraprayag assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bharat Singh Chaudhary. The population is estimated at 217 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chhera
- LGD code
- 54187
- Pincode
- 262525
- Post office
- Abbotmount
- Population (Census 2011)
- 184
- Population (projected 2026)
- 217
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1165
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Coordinates
- 30.15975°N, 78.93013°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rudraprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bharat Singh Chaudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Barakot
Getting there
How to reach Chhera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun88 kmcapital
- Delhi239 km
- Kolkata1262 km
- Mumbai1375 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara61 km
- Bus stopRatura19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Chipalghat5 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM17 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum13 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry13 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station15 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chhera
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Hariyali TempleTemple2.5 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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