About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 343 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Satpuli
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	225.18 hectares
Population	611
Male Population	343
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 225.18 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Khera

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

Khera lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Khera
Tehsil headquarters	Satpuli	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	22 km

Villages closest to Khera

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 Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 611. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Khera village has 343 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1227.

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

Khera covers 225.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Kotdwara, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khera.

Khera is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.