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About Khraka Village

Khraka is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 46 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khraka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khraka village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 27.31 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 46
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,174
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 Khraka compares

By the 2011 count Khraka is the 267th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 27.31 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Khraka

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

Khraka lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Khraka
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 11 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 24 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 24 km

Villages closest to Khraka

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 Khraka

As per the Census of India 2011, Khraka village had a population of 100. That makes it the 267th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Khraka village has 46 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khraka has about 1174 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 Khraka is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khraka covers 27.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khraka falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khraka is Kotdwara, about 24 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 Khraka.

Khraka 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.

Khraka is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sandrana (under 2 km), Bad Gaon (1.7 km) and Dhangli (1.9 km).

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

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