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About Khandanu Village

Khandanu is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 93 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandanu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 56.63 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 93
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandanu compares

By the 2011 count Khandanu is the 144th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 56.63 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khandanu

Khandanu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khandanu as Available within 10+ 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 Khandanu from other places

Khandanu lies about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 29 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 Khandanu
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 8.1 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 17 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 26 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 29 km

Villages closest to Khandanu

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 Khandanu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandanu village had a population of 194. That makes it the 144th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Khandanu village has 93 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandanu has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Khandanu is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandanu covers 56.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khandanu is Dehradun, about 29 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khandanu.

Khandanu is about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandanu is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 8.1 km away. Mussoorie is about 17 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatwari (under 2 km), Agenda (under 2 km) and Sabali (under 2 km).

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

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