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About Kaintholi Village

Kaintholi is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 72 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaintholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaintholi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Jakhnidhar
Pincode 249121
Area (hectares) 35.52 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 72
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaintholi compares

By the 2011 count Kaintholi is the 67th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 35.52 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 Kaintholi

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

Kaintholi lies about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 37 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 Kaintholi
Tehsil headquarters Jakhnidhar 9.0 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 15 km
Nearest town Tehri 15 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 37 km

Villages closest to Kaintholi

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 Kaintholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaintholi village had a population of 158. That makes it the 67th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Kaintholi village has 72 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaintholi has about 1194 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 Kaintholi is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaintholi covers 35.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kaintholi is Rishikesh, about 37 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 village for Kaintholi.

Kaintholi is about 15 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaintholi is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 9.0 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 15 km away. Tehri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ali Talli (under 2 km), Ghogas (under 2 km) and Andrethi (under 2 km).

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

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