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About Khand Village

Khand is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 49 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Jakhnidhar
Pincode 249123
Area (hectares) 31.67 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 49
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,163
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 31.67 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 1266.

Getting to Khand

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

Khand lies about 9.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 34 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 Khand
Tehsil headquarters Jakhnidhar 3.3 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 9.7 km
Nearest town Tehri 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 34 km

Villages closest to Khand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand village had a population of 106. That makes it the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Khand village has 49 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Khand is 249123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khand covers 31.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khand falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khand is Rishikesh, about 34 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 km distance for Khand.

Khand is about 9.7 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khand is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 3.3 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.7 km away. Tehri is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Polkhand (under 2 km), Parsari (under 2 km) and Ratoli (under 2 km).

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

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