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About Deval Khal Village

Deval Khal is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 99 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,475 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deval Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deval Khal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 123.26 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 99
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,475
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Deval Khal compares

By the 2011 count Deval Khal is the 73rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 123.26 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1243.

Getting to Deval Khal

Deval Khal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Deval Khal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Deval Khal from other places

Deval Khal lies about 7.1 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Deval Khal
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 4.2 km
District headquarters Garhwal 7.1 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 18 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 18 km

Villages closest to Deval Khal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Deval Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Deval Khal village had a population of 245. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Deval Khal village has 99 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deval Khal has about 1475 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Deval Khal is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deval Khal covers 123.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Deval Khal falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Deval Khal is Kotdwara, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Deval Khal.

Deval Khal is about 7.1 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deval Khal is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 4.2 km away. Garhwal is about 7.1 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhayansoo (under 2 km), Bhayasu (under 2 km) and Nousin (under 2 km).

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

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