About Khera Village

Khera is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 85 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,612 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	324.62 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	85
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,612
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 Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 103rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 324.62 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Khera

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

Khera lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Khera
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 222. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Khera village has 85 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 1612 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 324.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khera falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Kotdwara, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khera.

Khera is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.