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About Khushal Pur Village

Khushal Pur is a large village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,963, made up of 2,136 males and 1,827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khushal Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khushal Pur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Vikasnagar
Pincode 248007
Area (hectares) 372 hectares
Population 3,963
Male Population 2,136
Female Population 1,827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khushal Pur compares

By the 2011 count Khushal Pur is the 16th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 372 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Khushal Pur

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

Khushal Pur lies about 26 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 Khushal Pur
Tehsil headquarters Vikasnagar 6.8 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 15 km
District headquarters Dehradun 26 km

Villages closest to Khushal Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vikasnagar 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 Khushal Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khushal Pur village had a population of 3,963. That makes it the 16th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Khushal Pur village has 2,136 males and 1,827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khushal Pur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Khushal Pur is 248007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khushal Pur covers 372 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khushal Pur falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Khushal Pur notes the nearest railway station 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 Khushal Pur.

Khushal Pur is about 26 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khushal Pur is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 6.8 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jassowala (under 2 km), Jaman Khata (2.2 km) and Mednipur Badripur (2.2 km).

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

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