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About Khandawari Village

Khandawari is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 36 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandawari village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 38.42 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 36
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandawari compares

By the 2011 count Khandawari is the 120th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 38.42 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Khandawari

Khandawari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khandawari as Available within 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 Khandawari from other places

Khandawari lies about 31 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 39 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 Khandawari
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 31 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 39 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 39 km

Villages closest to Khandawari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Satpuli 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 Khandawari

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandawari village had a population of 79. That makes it the 120th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Khandawari village has 36 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandawari has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Khandawari is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandawari covers 38.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandawari falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khandawari is Kotdwara, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khandawari.

Khandawari is about 31 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandawari is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 31 km away. Kotdwāra is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nowgown Kamanada (3.4 km), Jaikot (5.0 km) and Bagariwala (5.9 km).

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

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