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About Khal Kumkhori Village

Khal Kumkhori is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 149 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,221 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Kumkhori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal Kumkhori village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Gairsain
Pincode 246440
Area (hectares) 154.68 hectares
Population 331
Male Population 149
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,221
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khal Kumkhori compares

By the 2011 count Khal Kumkhori is the 70th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 154.68 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1219.

Getting to Khal Kumkhori

Khal Kumkhori is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khal Kumkhori 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 Khal Kumkhori from other places

Khal Kumkhori lies about 49 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 65 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 Khal Kumkhori
Tehsil headquarters Gairsain 12 km
Nearest town Pauri 46 km
District headquarters Chamoli 49 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 65 km

Villages closest to Khal Kumkhori

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.

Common questions about Khal Kumkhori

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal Kumkhori village had a population of 331. That makes it the 70th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Khal Kumkhori village has 149 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khal Kumkhori has about 1221 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1219.

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

Khal Kumkhori covers 154.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khal Kumkhori falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khal Kumkhori is Ramnagar, about 65 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 Khal Kumkhori.

Khal Kumkhori is about 49 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal Kumkhori is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 12 km away. Pauri is about 46 km away. Chamoli is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandari Khor (under 2 km), Kandari Khor (under 2 km) and Danga Laga Pajyana (3.2 km).

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

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