About Gairkhet Village

Gairkhet is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 546, made up of 262 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263642, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gairkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gairkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263642
Area (hectares)	250.34 hectares
Population	546
Male Population	262
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gairkhet compares

By the 2011 count Gairkhet is the 39th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 250.34 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Gairkhet

Gairkhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gairkhet as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gairkhet from other places

Gairkhet lies about 11 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 78 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 Gairkhet
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	6.5 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	11 km
Nearest town	Almora	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	78 km

Villages closest to Gairkhet

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

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Common questions about Gairkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Gairkhet village had a population of 546. That makes it the 39th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Gairkhet village has 262 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gairkhet has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Gairkhet is 263642. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gairkhet covers 250.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gairkhet falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Gairkhet is Kathgodam, about 78 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gairkhet.

Gairkhet is about 11 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gairkhet is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 6.5 km away. Bageshwar is about 11 km away. Almora is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.