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About Kim Gaon Village

Kim Gaon is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 52 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,462 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kim Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kim Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 187.44 hectares
Population 128
Male Population 52
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,462
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 Kim Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Kim Gaon is the 214th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 187.44 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 1243.

Getting to Kim Gaon

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

Kim Gaon lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Kim Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 23 km
District headquarters Garhwal 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 37 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 37 km

Villages closest to Kim Gaon

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 Kim Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kim Gaon village had a population of 128. That makes it the 214th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Kim Gaon village has 52 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kim Gaon has about 1462 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Kim Gaon is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kim Gaon covers 187.44 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.

Kim Gaon falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kim Gaon is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Kim Gaon.

Kim Gaon is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kim Gaon is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 23 km away. Garhwal is about 28 km away. Kotdwara is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patotia (under 2 km), Sundroli (2.1 km) and Rathuwa Dab (2.2 km).

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

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