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About Khulet Village

Khulet is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 108 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,407 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khulet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khulet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Gangolihat
Pincode 262522
Area (hectares) 33.52 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 108
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,407
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 Khulet compares

By the 2011 count Khulet is the 87th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 33.52 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Khulet

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

Khulet lies about 25 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 50 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 Khulet
Tehsil headquarters Gangolihat 15 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 25 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 25 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 50 km

Villages closest to Khulet

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.

Common questions about Khulet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khulet village had a population of 260. That makes it the 87th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Khulet village has 108 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khulet has about 1407 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Khulet covers 33.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khulet falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khulet is Kathgodam, about 50 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 Khulet.

Khulet is about 25 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khulet is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 15 km away. Pithoragarh is about 25 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pali (under 2 km), Pipali Nigalti (under 2 km) and Poli Paliyal (under 2 km).

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

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