About Khet Village

Khet is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 119 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	71.87 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	119
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khet compares

By the 2011 count Khet is the 97th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 71.87 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Khet

Khet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khet as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khet from other places

Khet lies about 32 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, 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 Khet
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	13 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	32 km
Nearest town	Pauri	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	78 km

Villages closest to Khet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khet village had a population of 241. That makes it the 97th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Khet village has 119 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khet has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Khet is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khet covers 71.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khet falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khet is Kotdwara, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khet.

Khet is about 32 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khet is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 13 km away. Chamoli is about 32 km away. Pauri is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.