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- LGD code
- 40118
- Pincode
- 249185
- Post office
- Purola
- Population
- 102
- Households
- 18
- Literacy rate
- 76.5%
- Sex ratio
- 889 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 58
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhanika compares
By population, Chhanika ranks #73 of 84 villages in Puraula mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.5%
+13.4% vs mandal average
- Chhanika
- 76.5%
- Puraula mandal
- 63.1%
- Uttar Kashi district
- 65.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
889
−86 vs mandal average
- Chhanika
- 889
- Puraula mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chhanika
- 5.7
- Puraula mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhanika at a glance
Chhanika is a village of 102 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Puraula tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 73rd-largest of 84 villages in Puraula tehsil. Literacy is 77%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 249185, served by Purola post office; the LGD village code is 40118. The sarpanch is bhawani rawat, and the village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 120 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chhanika
- LGD code
- 40118
- Pincode
- 249185
- Post office
- Purola
- Population (Census 2011)
- 102
- Population (projected 2026)
- 120
- Households
- 18
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 889
- Literacy rate
- 76.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purola
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Durgeshwar Lal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhawani rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Puraula
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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