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About Khunnu Village

Khunnu is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 128 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246439, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunnu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunnu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246439
Area (hectares) 48.21 hectares
Population 270
Male Population 128
Female Population 142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khunnu compares

By the 2011 count Khunnu is the 105th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 48.21 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Khunnu

Khunnu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khunnu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khunnu from other places

Khunnu lies about 35 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 93 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 Khunnu
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 8.3 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 35 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 50 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 93 km

Villages closest to Khunnu

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 Khunnu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunnu village had a population of 270. That makes it the 105th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Khunnu village has 128 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunnu has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Khunnu is 246439. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunnu covers 48.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khunnu falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khunnu is Rishikesh, about 93 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 village for Khunnu.

Khunnu is about 35 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunnu is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 8.3 km away. Rudraprayag is about 35 km away. Srīnagar is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalmalla (under 2 km), Syansu (under 2 km) and Kotma (under 2 km).

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

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