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About Dun Khola Village

Dun Khola is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 19 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dun Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dun Khola village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262531
Area (hectares) 71.01 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 19
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Dun Khola compares

By the 2011 count Dun Khola is the 220th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 71.01 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Dun Khola

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

Dun Khola lies about 38 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Dun Khola
Nearest town Almora 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 31 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 38 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 48 km

Villages closest to Dun Khola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Berinag 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 Dun Khola

As per the Census of India 2011, Dun Khola village had a population of 38. That makes it the 220th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Dun Khola village has 19 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dun Khola has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1140.

The pincode recorded for Dun Khola is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dun Khola covers 71.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dun Khola falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dun Khola is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Dun Khola.

Dun Khola is about 38 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dun Khola is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 16 km away. Berinag is about 31 km away. Pithoragarh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khola Gad (under 2 km), Koteshwar (4.2 km) and Bora Khet (5.4 km).

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

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