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About Khal Khet Village

Khal Khet is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 7 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal Khet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246123
Area (hectares) 73.46 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 7
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 429
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 Khal Khet compares

By the 2011 count Khal Khet is the 630th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 73.46 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Khal Khet

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

Khal Khet lies about 71 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 68 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 Khal Khet
Nearest town Srīnagar 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 29 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 68 km
District headquarters Garhwal 71 km

Villages closest to Khal Khet

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 Khal Khet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal Khet village had a population of 10. That makes it the 630th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Khal Khet village has 7 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khal Khet has about 429 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Khal Khet is 246123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khal Khet covers 73.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khal Khet falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khal Khet is Rishikesh, about 68 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 Khal Khet.

Khal Khet is about 71 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal Khet is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 22 km away. Pauri is about 29 km away. Rishikesh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Asueikhalsa (under 2 km), Chandola Rai Khalsa (under 2 km) and Khalyun (under 2 km).

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

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