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About Khatakher Village

Khatakher is a large village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,354, made up of 2,240 males and 2,114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247667, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatakher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatakher village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Hardwar
Tehsil Roorkee
Pincode 247667
Area (hectares) 237 hectares
Population 4,354
Male Population 2,240
Female Population 2,114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khatakher compares

By the 2011 count Khatakher is the 37th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 237 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Khatakher

The census records public bus service for Khatakher as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khatakher from other places

Khatakher lies about 35 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Iqbalpur, about under 2 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 Khatakher
Nearest railway station Iqbalpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Roorkee 8.0 km
District headquarters Hardwar 35 km

Villages closest to Khatakher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatakher village had a population of 4,354. That makes it the 37th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Khatakher village has 2,240 males and 2,114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatakher has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Khatakher is 247667. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatakher covers 237 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khatakher falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatakher is Iqbalpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khatakher.

Khatakher is about 35 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatakher is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Iqbalpur is about under 2 km away. Roorkee is about 8.0 km away. Hardwar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makanpur Devpur (under 2 km), Dharmpur (1.5 km) and Naubatpur Mulewala (1.6 km).

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

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