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About Khata Village

Khata is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 10 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khata village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Munsiari
Pincode 262555
Area (hectares) 54.88 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 10
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Khata compares

By the 2011 count Khata is the 199th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 54.88 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Khata

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

Khata lies about 27 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 66 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 Khata
Tehsil headquarters Munsiari 27 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 27 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 27 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 66 km

Villages closest to Khata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khata village had a population of 20. That makes it the 199th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Khata village has 10 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khata has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Khata is 262555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khata covers 54.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khata falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khata is Kathgodam, about 66 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 Khata.

Khata 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.

Khata is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 27 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.

The closest recorded villages are Ganghar (1.9 km), Madkot (2.7 km) and Majkot (2.7 km).

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

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