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About Khoyam Village

Khoyam is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 144 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khoyam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoyam village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Munsiari
Pincode 262554
Area (hectares) 311.27 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 144
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
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 Khoyam compares

By the 2011 count Khoyam is the 59th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 311.27 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Khoyam

Khoyam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khoyam 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. The nearest villages by name are Khet Bharar, Kheta, Khetali and Khilach. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khoyam

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoyam village had a population of 272. That makes it the 59th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Khoyam village has 144 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoyam has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Khoyam is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khoyam covers 311.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khoyam falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Khoyam notes the nearest railway station 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 Khoyam.

Khoyam is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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