About Keshau Village

Keshau is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 142 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248165
Area (hectares)	242.15 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	142
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
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 Keshau compares

By the 2011 count Keshau is the 49th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 242.15 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Keshau

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

Keshau lies about 40 km from Dehradun. 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 Keshau
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	11 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	28 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	40 km

Villages closest to Keshau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshau village had a population of 280. That makes it the 49th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Keshau village has 142 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshau has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Keshau is 248165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshau covers 242.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keshau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Keshau notes the nearest railway station 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 Keshau.

Keshau is about 40 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 11 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 28 km away. Dehradun is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.