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About Khetar Kanyal Village

Khetar Kanyal is a mid sized village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 920, made up of 442 males and 478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 686.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khetar Kanyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khetar Kanyal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 686.07 hectares
Population 920
Male Population 442
Female Population 478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
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 Khetar Kanyal compares

By the 2011 count Khetar Kanyal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 686.07 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Khetar Kanyal

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

Khetar Kanyal lies about 49 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 99 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 Khetar Kanyal
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 7.5 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 49 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 49 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 99 km

Villages closest to Khetar Kanyal

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 Khetar Kanyal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khetar Kanyal village had a population of 920. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Khetar Kanyal village has 442 males and 478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khetar Kanyal has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1103.

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

Khetar Kanyal covers 686.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khetar Kanyal falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khetar Kanyal is Kathgodam, about 99 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 Khetar Kanyal.

Khetar Kanyal is about 49 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khetar Kanyal is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 7.5 km away. Pithoragarh is about 49 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khetar Bhandari (under 2 km), Tarkhet (under 2 km) and Dungar Gara (under 2 km).

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

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