About Golikhet Village

Golikhet is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 16 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Golikhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Golikhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	16.68 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	16
Female Population	19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,188
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Golikhet compares

By the 2011 count Golikhet is the 391st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 16.68 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Golikhet

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

Golikhet lies about 3.9 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Golikhet
District headquarters	Garhwal	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	6.2 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	13 km

Villages closest to Golikhet

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.

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Common questions about Golikhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Golikhet village had a population of 35. That makes it the 391st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Golikhet village has 16 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Golikhet has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Golikhet is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Golikhet covers 16.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Golikhet falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Golikhet is Kotdwara, about 13 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 Golikhet.

Golikhet is about 3.9 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Golikhet is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 3.9 km away. Lansdowne is about 6.2 km away. Kotdwāra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.