About Khela Village

Khela is a mid sized village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,764, made up of 780 males and 984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,262 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262545, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262545
Area (hectares)	457.77 hectares
Population	1,764
Male Population	780
Female Population	984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,262
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 Khela compares

By the 2011 count Khela is the 8th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 457.77 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khela

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

Khela lies about 56 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 110 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 Khela
Tehsil headquarters	Dharchula	14 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	56 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	56 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	110 km

Villages closest to Khela

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

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Common questions about Khela

As per the Census of India 2011, Khela village had a population of 1,764. That makes it the 8th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Khela village has 780 males and 984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khela has about 1262 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khela is 262545. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khela covers 457.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khela falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khela is Tanakpur, about 110 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 Khela.

Khela is about 56 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khela is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Dharchula is about 14 km away. Pithoragarh is about 56 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.