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About Khark Village

Khark is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 42 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khark Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khark village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 98.27 hectares
Population 87
Male Population 42
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
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 Khark compares

By the 2011 count Khark is the 219th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 98.27 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khark

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

Khark lies about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 33 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 Khark
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.7 km
Nearest town Tehri 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 14 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 33 km

Villages closest to Khark

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khark village had a population of 87. That makes it the 219th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Khark village has 42 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khark has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Khark is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khark covers 98.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khark falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khark is Harrawala, about 33 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 Khark.

Khark is about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khark is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.7 km away. Tehri is about 8.7 km away. Dhanaulti is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baurari Chak (2.6 km), Koti (3.1 km) and Kainth (4.5 km).

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

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