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About Khet Village

Khet is a mid sized village in MUKTO CIRCLE tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,147, made up of 573 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males.

Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khet village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil MUKTO CIRCLE
Population 1,147
Male Population 573
Female Population 574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khet compares

By the 2011 count Khet is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Khet

Khet is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khet as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khet from other places

Khet lies about 7.8 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Udalguri, about 92 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Khet
Tehsil headquarters MUKTO CIRCLE 7.8 km
District headquarters Tawang 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Udalguri 92 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 111 km

Villages closest to Khet

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in MUKTO CIRCLE tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Khet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khet village had a population of 1,147. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Khet village has 573 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khet has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 870.

Khet falls under MUKTO CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khet is Udalguri, about 92 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khet.

Khet is about 7.8 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khet is in MUKTO CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district. MUKTO CIRCLE is about 7.8 km away. Tawang is about 7.8 km away. Udalguri is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gyandong (under 2 km), Gongkhar (3.3 km) and Mukto Village (5.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khet today is likely to be higher.

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