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About Khyarsi Village

Khyarsi is a mid sized village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 893, made up of 457 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khyarsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khyarsi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249180
Area (hectares) 509.1 hectares
Population 893
Male Population 457
Female Population 436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khyarsi compares

By the 2011 count Khyarsi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 509.1 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khyarsi

Khyarsi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khyarsi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khyarsi from other places

Khyarsi lies about 38 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, 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 Khyarsi
Nearest town Mussoorie 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 17 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 24 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 38 km

Villages closest to Khyarsi

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 Khyarsi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khyarsi village had a population of 893. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Khyarsi village has 457 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khyarsi has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Khyarsi covers 509.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khyarsi is Dehradun, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khyarsi.

Khyarsi is about 38 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khyarsi is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 8.4 km away. Dhanaulti is about 17 km away. Dehradun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalotana (under 2 km), Tikari (2.0 km) and Sunau (2.6 km).

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

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