By population, Bampa ranks #50 of 99 villages in Joshimath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bampa is a village of 192 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Joshimath tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 50th-largest of 99 villages in Joshimath tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,259 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Chamoli district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246443, served by Joshimath post office; the LGD village code is 40887. The sarpanch is Kalawati , and the village votes in Badrinath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Singh Bhandari. The population is estimated at 226 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bampa →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bampa · this village | 192 | 78% | — |
| Niti · Joshimath | 47 | 79% | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Srinagar | 0 | — | 5.6 km SE |
| Mahar Gaon · Rudraprayag | 157 | 59% | 5.6 km SE |
| Mahar Gaon · Tehri | 40 | 58% | 5.6 km SE |
| Mahar Gaon · Kirtinagar | 86 | 57% | 5.6 km SE |
| Mahar Gaon · Pratapnagar | 493 | 55% | 5.6 km SE |
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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