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About Khas Khal Village

Khas Khal is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 158 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khas Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Khal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Pokhari
Pincode 246429
Area (hectares) 57.09 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 158
Female Population 138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khas Khal compares

By the 2011 count Khas Khal is the 41st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 57.09 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Khas Khal

Khas Khal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khas Khal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khas Khal from other places

Khas Khal lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 82 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 Khas Khal
Tehsil headquarters Pokhari 23 km
District headquarters Chamoli 28 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 43 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 82 km

Villages closest to Khas Khal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokhari 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 Khas Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Khal village had a population of 296. That makes it the 41st largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Khas Khal village has 158 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Khal has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

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

Khas Khal covers 57.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khas Khal falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khas Khal is Kotdwara, about 82 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khas Khal.

Khas Khal is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Khal is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 23 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamankhal (under 2 km), Khalbajetha (under 2 km) and Sem (2.0 km).

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

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