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About Khatwar Village

Khatwar is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18, made up of 8 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatwar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 47.7 hectares
Population 18
Male Population 8
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khatwar compares

By the 2011 count Khatwar is the 321st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 47.7 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Khatwar

Khatwar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khatwar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khatwar from other places

Khatwar lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Khatwar
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 13 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 24 km

Villages closest to Khatwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatwar village had a population of 18. That makes it the 321st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Khatwar village has 8 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatwar has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Khatwar is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatwar covers 47.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatwar falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khatwar is Rishikesh, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Khatwar.

Khatwar is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatwar is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 13 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masun (under 2 km), Rampur (1.8 km) and Rampur Shyampur (1.8 km).

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

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