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About Sugar Khal Village

Sugar Khal is a mid sized village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 267 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sugar Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sugar Khal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262528
Area (hectares) 187.01 hectares
Population 555
Male Population 267
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
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 Sugar Khal compares

By the 2011 count Sugar Khal is the 37th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 187.01 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Sugar Khal

Sugar Khal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sugar 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 Sugar Khal from other places

Sugar Khal lies about 30 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 38 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 Sugar Khal
Nearest town Almora 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 27 km
District headquarters Champawat 30 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 38 km

Villages closest to Sugar Khal

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 Sugar Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sugar Khal village had a population of 555. That makes it the 37th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Sugar Khal village has 267 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sugar Khal has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Sugar Khal is 262528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sugar Khal covers 187.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sugar Khal falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sugar Khal is Kathgodam, about 38 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 Sugar Khal.

Sugar Khal is about 30 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sugar Khal is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Almora is about 20 km away. Lohaghat is about 27 km away. Champawat is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rausal (1.9 km), Bisrari (2.3 km) and Bastnauli (3.9 km).

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

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