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About Khairkhunt Village

Khairkhunt is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 28 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246167, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairkhunt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairkhunt village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Chaubattakhal
Pincode 246167
Area (hectares) 104.19 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 28
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairkhunt compares

By the 2011 count Khairkhunt is the 166th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 104.19 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Khairkhunt

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

Khairkhunt lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Khairkhunt
Tehsil headquarters Chaubattakhal 7.7 km
Nearest town Pauri 16 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 43 km

Villages closest to Khairkhunt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairkhunt village had a population of 60. That makes it the 166th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Khairkhunt village has 28 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairkhunt has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Khairkhunt is 246167. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairkhunt covers 104.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairkhunt falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khairkhunt is Kotdwara, about 43 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 Khairkhunt.

Khairkhunt is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairkhunt is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 7.7 km away. Pauri is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mankot (under 2 km), Barsu (under 2 km) and Panchur (1.7 km).

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

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