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About Khola Gaon Village

Khola Gaon is a small village in Berinag tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 195 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,215 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Berinag
Pincode 262531
Area (hectares) 165.31 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 195
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,215
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khola Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Khola Gaon is the 28th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 183 residents. Its 165.31 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

Getting to Khola Gaon

Khola Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khola Gaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khola Gaon from other places

Khola Gaon lies about 36 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 81 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 Khola Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Berinag 8.4 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 36 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 36 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 81 km

Villages closest to Khola Gaon

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 Khola Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola Gaon village had a population of 432. That makes it the 28th largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 183 residents.

Khola Gaon village has 195 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola Gaon has about 1215 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1140.

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

Khola Gaon covers 165.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khola Gaon is Kathgodam, about 81 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 <5 km distance for Khola Gaon.

Khola Gaon is about 36 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola Gaon is in Berinag tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Berinag is about 8.4 km away. Pithoragarh is about 36 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohathal (under 2 km), Papsyari (under 2 km) and Kuri (under 2 km).

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

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