About Khal Village

Khal is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 3 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Ukhimath
Pincode	246419
Area (hectares)	36.63 hectares
Population	6
Male Population	3
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Khal compares

By the 2011 count Khal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 36.63 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1076.

Getting to Khal

Khal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khal 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 Khal from other places

Khal lies about 24 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 94 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 Khal
Tehsil headquarters	Ukhimath	21 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	24 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	45 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	94 km

Villages closest to Khal

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.

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Common questions about Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Khal village has 3 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Khal is 246419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khal covers 36.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khal falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khal is Rishikesh, about 94 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 Khal.

Khal is about 24 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 21 km away. Rudraprayag is about 24 km away. Srīnagar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.