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About Khat Village

Khat is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 146 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246471, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khat village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246471
Area (hectares) 47.8 hectares
Population 271
Male Population 146
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khat compares

By the 2011 count Khat is the 104th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 47.8 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Khat

Khat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khat as Available within <5 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 Khat from other places

Khat lies about 33 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 90 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 Khat
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 8.2 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 33 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 47 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 90 km

Villages closest to Khat

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 Khat

As per the Census of India 2011, Khat village had a population of 271. That makes it the 104th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Khat village has 146 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khat has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Khat is 246471. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khat covers 47.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khat falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khat is Rishikesh, about 90 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khat.

Khat is about 33 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khat is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 8.2 km away. Rudraprayag is about 33 km away. Srīnagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phata (under 2 km), Khariya (under 2 km) and Jaikhanda (under 2 km).

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

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