About Khand Village

Khand is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 33 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,273 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	189.83 hectares
Population	75
Male Population	33
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,273
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 Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 311th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 189.83 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Khand

Khand is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khand 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 Khand from other places

Khand lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 19 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 Khand
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	19 km

Villages closest to Khand

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 Khand

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand village had a population of 75. That makes it the 311th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Khand village has 33 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 1273 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Khand is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khand covers 189.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khand falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khand is Kotdwara, about 19 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 Khand.

Khand 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.

Khand is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 19 km away. Kotdwara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.