About Khinsar Village

Khinsar is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 98, made up of 36 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,722 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khinsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khinsar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	29.44 hectares
Population	98
Male Population	36
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,722
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khinsar compares

By the 2011 count Khinsar is the 163rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 29.44 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Khinsar

Khinsar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khinsar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khinsar from other places

Khinsar lies about 45 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, 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 Khinsar
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	6.5 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	45 km
Nearest town	Pauri	54 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	70 km

Villages closest to Khinsar

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 Khinsar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khinsar village had a population of 98. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Khinsar village has 36 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khinsar has about 1722 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Khinsar is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khinsar covers 29.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khinsar falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khinsar is Ramnagar, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khinsar.

Khinsar is about 45 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khinsar is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 6.5 km away. Chamoli is about 45 km away. Pauri is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.