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About Khalyugwar Village

Khalyugwar is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 39 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalyugwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalyugwar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246429
Area (hectares) 42.89 hectares
Population 85
Male Population 39
Female Population 46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,179
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 Khalyugwar compares

By the 2011 count Khalyugwar is the 134th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 42.89 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Khalyugwar

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

Khalyugwar lies about 18 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 89 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 Khalyugwar
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 4.0 km
District headquarters Chamoli 18 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 41 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 89 km

Villages closest to Khalyugwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalyugwar village had a population of 85. That makes it the 134th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Khalyugwar village has 39 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalyugwar has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Khalyugwar is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalyugwar covers 42.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khalyugwar falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khalyugwar is Kotdwara, about 89 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 Khalyugwar.

Khalyugwar is about 18 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalyugwar is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 4.0 km away. Chamoli is about 18 km away. Srīnagar is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Galnau (2.9 km), Siran (3.7 km) and Barsali (3.8 km).

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

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