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Revenue village·Dharchula tehsil·Pithoragarh

Chal

Dharchula mandal
Pincode 262545
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUKHRAJ SINGH
Contact: 78****8544
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LGD code
49083
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population
220
Households
38
Literacy rate
68.2%
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000♂
Workers
115
Distance to district centre
77 km
Distance to mandal centre
30 km
Distance to Dehradun
245 km
Distance to Delhi
370 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Chal compares

By population, Chal ranks #47 of 76 villages in Dharchula mandal.

Literacy rate
%
68.2%
+0.9% vs mandal average
Chal
68.2%
Dharchula mandal
67.3%
Pithoragarh district
71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
+10 vs mandal average
Chal
1,000
Dharchula mandal
990
Household size
people per home
5.8
+1.3 vs mandal average
Chal
5.8
Dharchula mandal
4.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Chal at a glance

Chal is a village of 220 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Dharchula tehsil, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, the 47th-largest of 76 villages in Dharchula tehsil. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Pithoragarh district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 262545, served by Dharchula post office; the LGD village code is 49083. The sarpanch is SUKHRAJ SINGH, and the village votes in Dharchula assembly constituency, represented by MLA Harish Singh Dhami. The population is estimated at 259 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Chal

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Chal · this village22068%
Nagling · Dharchula39679%0.6 km W
Baling · Dharchula31574%4.7 km NW
Philam · Dharchula15178%8.4 km N
Go · Dharchula34376%9.9 km NW
Dar · Dharchula56056%12.3 km S
Sosa · Dharchula30966%22.2 km S

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Key facts — Chal

LGD code
49083
Pincode
262545
Post office
Dharchula
Population (Census 2011)
220
Population (projected 2026)
259
Households
38
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1000
Literacy rate
68.2%
Coordinates
30.17812°N, 80.58130°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dharchula
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Harish Singh Dhami
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
SUKHRAJ SINGH
Block / Mandal
Dharchula
Getting there

How to reach Chal

Mandal centre
Dharchula · ≈ 30 km
≈ 1 h 1 min by car · 1 h 12 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Pithoragarh · ≈ 77 km
≈ 2 h 38 min by car · 3 h 8 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun245 kmcapital
  • Delhi370 km
  • Kolkata1147 km
  • Hyderabad1438 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • ATM / bankMega Bank37 km
  • Petrol pumpHP fuel pump35 km
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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