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About Khori Village

Khori is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 5 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 3,600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khori village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 10.84 hectares
Population 23
Male Population 5
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 3,600
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 Khori compares

By the 2011 count Khori is the 319th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 10.84 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Khori

Khori is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khori 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 Khori from other places

Khori lies about 8.5 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 37 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 Khori
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 8.5 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.5 km
Nearest town Tehri 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 37 km

Villages closest to Khori

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 Khori

As per the Census of India 2011, Khori village had a population of 23. That makes it the 319th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Khori village has 5 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khori has about 3600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

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

Khori covers 10.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khori is Rishikesh, about 37 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 Khori.

Khori is about 8.5 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khori is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 8.5 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.5 km away. Tehri is about 8.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tol (2.2 km), Mundoli (2.4 km) and Barkot (3.1 km).

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

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