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About Khamana Village

Khamana is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 51 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 209.91 hectares
Population 143
Male Population 51
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,804
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 Khamana compares

By the 2011 count Khamana is the 191st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 209.91 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 Khamana

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

Khamana lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Khamana
District headquarters Garhwal 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 19 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 23 km

Villages closest to Khamana

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 Khamana

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamana village had a population of 143. That makes it the 191st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Khamana village has 51 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamana has about 1804 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Khamana is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamana covers 209.91 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.

Khamana falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khamana is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Khamana.

Khamana is about 18 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamana is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Lansdowne is about 19 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masogi (under 2 km), Thukriyalsar (2.3 km) and Rikhera Gunth (2.4 km).

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

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