About Khet Village

Khet is a mid sized village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 258 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262545, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262545
Area (hectares)	198.56 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	258
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Khet compares

By the 2011 count Khet is the 29th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 198.56 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khet

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

Khet lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 88 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 Khet
Tehsil headquarters	Dharchula	26 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	88 km

Villages closest to Khet

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 Khet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khet village had a population of 504. That makes it the 29th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Khet village has 258 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khet has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

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

Khet covers 198.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khet falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khet is Tanakpur, about 88 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 Khet.

Khet is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khet is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Dharchula is about 26 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.