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About Khaljhuni Village

Khaljhuni is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 97 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,175 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 266362, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaljhuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaljhuni village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 266362
Area (hectares) 518.71 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 97
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,175
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 Khaljhuni compares

By the 2011 count Khaljhuni is the 93rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 518.71 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Khaljhuni

Khaljhuni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khaljhuni 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 Khaljhuni from other places

Khaljhuni lies about 35 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 101 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 Khaljhuni
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 18 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 35 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 62 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 101 km

Villages closest to Khaljhuni

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.

Common questions about Khaljhuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaljhuni village had a population of 211. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Khaljhuni village has 97 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaljhuni has about 1175 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Khaljhuni is 266362. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaljhuni covers 518.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaljhuni falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khaljhuni is Kathgodam, about 101 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 Khaljhuni.

Khaljhuni is about 35 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaljhuni is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 18 km away. Bageshwar is about 35 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mikila Khalpata (1.8 km), Wachham (1.9 km) and Waichham (1.9 km).

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

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