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About Khatera Village

Khatera is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 81 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Munsiari
Pincode 262553
Area (hectares) 356.79 hectares
Population 168
Male Population 81
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
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 Khatera compares

By the 2011 count Khatera is the 93rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 356.79 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Khatera

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

Khatera lies about 34 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 92 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 Khatera
Tehsil headquarters Munsiari 34 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 34 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 34 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 92 km

Villages closest to Khatera

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 Khatera

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatera village had a population of 168. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Khatera village has 81 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatera has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Khatera is 262553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatera covers 356.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatera falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatera is Tanakpur, about 92 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 Khatera.

Khatera is about 34 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatera is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 34 km away. Pithoragarh is about 34 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamangaon (under 2 km), Bamangaon Khalsa (under 2 km) and Bauna (1.7 km).

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

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