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About Khera Village

Khera is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 112 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246439, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246439
Area (hectares) 39.01 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 112
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
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 Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 116th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 39.01 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Khera

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

Khera lies about 29 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 Khera
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 3.9 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 29 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 46 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 93 km

Villages closest to Khera

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 Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 234. That makes it the 116th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Khera village has 112 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1076.

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

Khera covers 39.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khera 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khera.

Khera is about 29 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 3.9 km away. Rudraprayag is about 29 km away. Srīnagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dilmi (under 2 km), Tulanga (under 2 km) and Sari (under 2 km).

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

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