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About Khobra Village

Khobra is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 35 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,571 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khobra village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 134.71 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 35
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,571
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 Khobra compares

By the 2011 count Khobra is the 137th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 134.71 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1206.

Getting to Khobra

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

Khobra lies about 20 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 Khobra
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 8.1 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 22 km

Villages closest to Khobra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khobra village had a population of 90. That makes it the 137th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Khobra village has 35 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khobra has about 1571 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Khobra is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khobra covers 134.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khobra falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khobra 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khobra.

Khobra is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khobra is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.1 km away. Garhwal is about 20 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chopra (under 2 km), Bishi (under 2 km) and Kasyali (1.6 km).

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

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