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About Kakhola Village

Kakhola is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 11 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakhola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakhola village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 108.93 hectares
Population 19
Male Population 11
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 727
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 Kakhola compares

By the 2011 count Kakhola is the 275th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 108.93 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Kakhola

Kakhola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kakhola 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. The nearest villages by name are Jugri Sain, Juwa, Kafaldi and Kailakhar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Kakhola

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakhola village had a population of 19. That makes it the 275th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Kakhola village has 11 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakhola has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Kakhola is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakhola covers 108.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakhola falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Kakhola 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 Kakhola.

Kakhola is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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