By population, Kosa ranks #35 of 99 villages in Joshimath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kosa is a village of 302 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Joshimath tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 35th-largest of 99 villages in Joshimath tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 19 points below the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Chamoli district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246443, served by Joshimath post office; the LGD village code is 40896. The sarpanch is Harendra Singh , and the village votes in Badrinath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Singh Bhandari. The population is estimated at 356 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kosha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosa · this village | 302 | 55% | — |
| Mahar Gaon · Srinagar | 0 | — | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Tehri | 40 | 58% | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Rudraprayag | 157 | 59% | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Pratapnagar | 493 | 55% | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Ukhimath | 80 | 78% | 3.9 km N |
| Mahar Gaon · Ghansali | 305 | 49% | 3.9 km N |
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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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