About Naikhuna Village

Naikhuna is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 85 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naikhuna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naikhuna village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	119.37 hectares
Population	183
Male Population	85
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,153
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 Naikhuna compares

By the 2011 count Naikhuna is the 130th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 119.37 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Naikhuna

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

Naikhuna lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Naikhuna
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	17 km
Nearest town	Almora	24 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	48 km

Villages closest to Naikhuna

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 Naikhuna

As per the Census of India 2011, Naikhuna village had a population of 183. That makes it the 130th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Naikhuna village has 85 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naikhuna has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1159.

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

Naikhuna covers 119.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naikhuna falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Naikhuna is Kathgodam, about 48 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 Naikhuna.

Naikhuna 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.

Naikhuna is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 17 km away. Almora is about 24 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.