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About Khoja Village

Khoja is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 64 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khoja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoja village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 51.31 hectares
Population 135
Male Population 64
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khoja compares

By the 2011 count Khoja is the 187th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 51.31 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Khoja

Khoja is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khoja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khoja from other places

Khoja lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 87 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 Khoja
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 12 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 30 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 87 km

Villages closest to Khoja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoja village had a population of 135. That makes it the 187th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Khoja village has 64 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoja has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Khoja is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khoja covers 51.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khoja falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khoja is Tanakpur, about 87 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khoja.

Khoja 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.

Khoja is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 12 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.

The closest recorded villages are Basaur (under 2 km), Basaura (under 2 km) and Barsayat (under 2 km).

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

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