About Kharik Village

Kharik is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 154 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharik Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharik village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	67.52 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	154
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,110
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharik compares

By the 2011 count Kharik is the 40th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 67.52 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Kharik

Kharik is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharik as Available within 5 - 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 Kharik from other places

Kharik lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 26 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 Kharik
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	8.0 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	26 km

Villages closest to Kharik

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 Kharik

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharik village had a population of 325. That makes it the 40th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Kharik village has 154 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharik has about 1110 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 Kharik is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharik covers 67.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharik falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharik is Kotdwara, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Kharik.

Kharik 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.

Kharik is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 8.0 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.