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About Kilpara Village

Kilpara is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 232 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1117.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kilpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kilpara village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 1117.59 hectares
Population 509
Male Population 232
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
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 Kilpara compares

By the 2011 count Kilpara is the 44th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 1117.59 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 Kilpara

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

Kilpara lies about 3.0 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Kilpara
District headquarters Bageshwar 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 15 km
Nearest town Almora 32 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 70 km

Villages closest to Kilpara

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 Kilpara

As per the Census of India 2011, Kilpara village had a population of 509. That makes it the 44th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Kilpara village has 232 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kilpara has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Kilpara is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kilpara covers 1117.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kilpara falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kilpara is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Kilpara.

Kilpara is about 3.0 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kilpara is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 3.0 km away. Kapkot is about 15 km away. Almora is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhopara (under 2 km), Kilpara Van (under 2 km) and Nargara (under 2 km).

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

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