About Pilkhi Village

Pilkhi is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 562, made up of 277 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pilkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pilkhi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	257.57 hectares
Population	562
Male Population	277
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pilkhi compares

By the 2011 count Pilkhi is the 65th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 257.57 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Pilkhi

Pilkhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pilkhi as Available within village. 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 Pilkhi from other places

Pilkhi lies about 46 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 22 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 Pilkhi
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	8.8 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	21 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	22 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	46 km

Villages closest to Pilkhi

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

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Common questions about Pilkhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pilkhi village had a population of 562. That makes it the 65th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Pilkhi village has 277 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pilkhi has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Pilkhi is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pilkhi covers 257.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pilkhi falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pilkhi is Rishikesh, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pilkhi.

Pilkhi is about 46 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pilkhi is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 8.8 km away. Rishīkesh is about 21 km away. Rishikesh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.