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About Kana Khet Village

Kana Khet is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 10 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kana Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kana Khet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262531
Area (hectares) 4.12 hectares
Population 21
Male Population 10
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,100
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 Kana Khet compares

By the 2011 count Kana Khet is the 246th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 4.12 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Kana Khet

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

Kana Khet lies about 34 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Kana Khet
Nearest town Almora 20 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 34 km
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 35 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 44 km

Villages closest to Kana Khet

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 Kana Khet

As per the Census of India 2011, Kana Khet village had a population of 21. That makes it the 246th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Kana Khet village has 10 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kana Khet has about 1100 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 Kana Khet is 262531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kana Khet covers 4.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kana Khet falls under Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kana Khet is Kathgodam, about 44 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 Kana Khet.

Kana Khet is about 34 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kana Khet is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 20 km away. Pithoragarh is about 34 km away. Berinag 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 Chankana (under 2 km), Chausala (3.3 km) and Singauli (6.3 km).

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

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