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About Khola Village

Khola is a mid sized village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 318 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246194, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246194
Area (hectares) 184.06 hectares
Population 691
Male Population 318
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,173
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khola compares

By the 2011 count Khola is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 184.06 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1259.

Getting to Khola

Khola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khola as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khola from other places

Khola lies about 48 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 50 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 Khola
Nearest town Srīnagar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 6.8 km
District headquarters Garhwal 48 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 50 km

Villages closest to Khola

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 Khola

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola village had a population of 691. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Khola village has 318 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Khola is 246194. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khola covers 184.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khola falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khola is Rishikesh, about 50 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khola.

Khola is about 48 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about under 2 km away. Pauri is about 6.8 km away. Garhwal is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Markhola Lagga Pang (under 2 km), Pipal Khola (under 2 km) and Dang (under 2 km).

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

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