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About Karokhi Village

Karokhi is a mid sized village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 749, made up of 365 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246469, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karokhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karokhi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246469
Area (hectares) 386.83 hectares
Population 749
Male Population 365
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karokhi compares

By the 2011 count Karokhi is the 36th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 386.83 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Karokhi

Karokhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karokhi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karokhi from other places

Karokhi lies about 32 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 98 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 Karokhi
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 10 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 32 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 51 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 98 km

Villages closest to Karokhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karokhi village had a population of 749. That makes it the 36th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Karokhi village has 365 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karokhi has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Karokhi is 246469. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karokhi covers 386.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karokhi falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Karokhi is Rishikesh, about 98 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karokhi.

Karokhi is about 32 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karokhi is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 10 km away. Rudraprayag is about 32 km away. Srīnagar is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tungnath (2.4 km), Tilsari (2.5 km) and Thaglasi (3.2 km).

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

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