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About Shundar Khal Village

Shundar Khal is a mid sized village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,009, made up of 552 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shundar Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shundar Khal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Dhari
Pincode 263137
Area (hectares) 194.83 hectares
Population 1,009
Male Population 552
Female Population 457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shundar Khal compares

By the 2011 count Shundar Khal is the 18th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 194.83 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 1013.

Getting to Shundar Khal

Shundar Khal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shundar Khal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Shundar Khal from other places

Shundar Khal lies about 74 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 41 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 Shundar Khal
Tehsil headquarters Dhari 27 km
Nearest town Pauri 33 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 41 km
District headquarters Nainital 74 km

Villages closest to Shundar Khal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhari 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 Shundar Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Shundar Khal village had a population of 1,009. That makes it the 18th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Shundar Khal village has 552 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shundar Khal has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Shundar Khal is 263137. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shundar Khal covers 194.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shundar Khal falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Shundar Khal is Kotdwara, about 41 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shundar Khal.

Shundar Khal is about 74 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shundar Khal is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Dhari is about 27 km away. Pauri is about 33 km away. Kotdwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot Pandey (2.0 km), Pokhrar (4.1 km) and Jhargaon Talla (5.8 km).

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

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