About Kurkhyal Village

Kurkhyal is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 111 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,351 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kurkhyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kurkhyal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	147.6 hectares
Population	261
Male Population	111
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,351
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kurkhyal compares

By the 2011 count Kurkhyal is the 21st largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 147.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1227.

Getting to Kurkhyal

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

Kurkhyal lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Kurkhyal
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest town	Pauri	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	33 km

Villages closest to Kurkhyal

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.

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Common questions about Kurkhyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kurkhyal village had a population of 261. That makes it the 21st largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Kurkhyal village has 111 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kurkhyal has about 1351 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Kurkhyal covers 147.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kurkhyal falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kurkhyal is Kotdwara, about 33 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 Kurkhyal.

Kurkhyal is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kurkhyal is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Pauri is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.