About Kharki Village

Kharki is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 83 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,373 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharki village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	75.19 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	83
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,373
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 Kharki compares

By the 2011 count Kharki is the 123rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 75.19 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Kharki

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

Kharki lies about 27 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Kharki
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	8.9 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	27 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	64 km

Villages closest to Kharki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharki village had a population of 197. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Kharki village has 83 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharki has about 1373 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Kharki is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharki covers 75.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharki falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharki is Kathgodam, about 64 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 Kharki.

Kharki is about 27 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharki is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 8.9 km away. Pithoragarh is about 27 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.