About Tarkhet Village

Tarkhet is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 61 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarkhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262551
Area (hectares)	76.19 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	61
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
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 Tarkhet compares

By the 2011 count Tarkhet is the 204th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 76.19 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Tarkhet

Tarkhet is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tarkhet 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 Tarkhet from other places

Tarkhet lies about 48 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Tarkhet
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	7.1 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	48 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	100 km

Villages closest to Tarkhet

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.

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Common questions about Tarkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarkhet village had a population of 121. That makes it the 204th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Tarkhet village has 61 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarkhet has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Tarkhet is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarkhet covers 76.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tarkhet falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Tarkhet is Kathgodam, about 100 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 Tarkhet.

Tarkhet is about 48 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarkhet is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 7.1 km away. Pithoragarh is about 48 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.