About Khalun Village

Khalun is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 34 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246277, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246277
Area (hectares)	35.69 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	34
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalun compares

By the 2011 count Khalun is the 209th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 35.69 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1280.

Getting to Khalun

Khalun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khalun as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khalun from other places

Khalun lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 19 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 Khalun
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km

Villages closest to Khalun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalun village had a population of 69. That makes it the 209th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Khalun village has 34 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalun has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Khalun is 246277. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalun covers 35.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khalun falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khalun is Kotdwara, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khalun.

Khalun is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalun is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 19 km away. Kotdwara is about 19 km away. Dhoomakot is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.