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About Khola Village

Khola is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 30 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249126
Area (hectares) 32.51 hectares
Population 81
Male Population 30
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,700
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khola compares

By the 2011 count Khola is the 243rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 32.51 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Khola

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

Khola lies about 3.1 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 40 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 Khola
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 3.1 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 3.1 km
Nearest town Tehri 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 40 km

Villages closest to Khola

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 Khola

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola village had a population of 81. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Khola village has 30 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola has about 1700 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Khola is 249126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khola covers 32.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khola is Rishikesh, about 40 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 <5 km distance for Khola.

Khola is about 3.1 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 3.1 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 3.1 km away. Tehri is about 3.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khola Lostu (under 2 km), Kim Khola (under 2 km) and Dangi Dubar Khet (under 2 km).

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

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