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About Khuna Malak Village

Khuna Malak is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 48 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuna Malak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuna Malak village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262524
Area (hectares) 63.26 hectares
Population 89
Male Population 48
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khuna Malak compares

By the 2011 count Khuna Malak is the 202nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 63.26 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Khuna Malak

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

Khuna Malak lies about 31 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Khuna Malak
Nearest town Almora 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 26 km
District headquarters Champawat 31 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 48 km

Villages closest to Khuna Malak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lohaghat 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 Khuna Malak

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuna Malak village had a population of 89. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Khuna Malak village has 48 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuna Malak has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Khuna Malak is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuna Malak covers 63.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khuna Malak falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khuna Malak is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Khuna Malak.

Khuna Malak is about 31 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuna Malak is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Almora is about 24 km away. Lohaghat is about 26 km away. Champawat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khuna Bora (under 2 km), Choolgaon (2.4 km) and Bayal Bunga (2.6 km).

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

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