About Khon Village

Khon is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 71 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,380 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	249301
Area (hectares)	116.97 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	71
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,380
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 Khon compares

By the 2011 count Khon is the 187th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 116.97 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1259.

Getting to Khon

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

Khon lies about 52 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Khon
Nearest town	Tehri	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	26 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	30 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	52 km

Villages closest to Khon

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.

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Common questions about Khon

As per the Census of India 2011, Khon village had a population of 169. That makes it the 187th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Khon village has 71 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khon has about 1380 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Khon is 249301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khon covers 116.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khon falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khon is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Khon.

Khon is about 52 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khon is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Tehri is about 15 km away. Pauri is about 26 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.