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About Khastal Talla Village

Khastal Talla is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 25 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khastal Talla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khastal Talla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Jakhnidhar
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 68.5 hectares
Population 65
Male Population 25
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,600
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khastal Talla compares

By the 2011 count Khastal Talla is the 103rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 68.5 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Khastal Talla

Khastal Talla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khastal Talla as Available within <5 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 Khastal Talla from other places

Khastal Talla lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 49 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 Khastal Talla
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhnidhar 17 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 49 km

Villages closest to Khastal Talla

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 Khastal Talla

As per the Census of India 2011, Khastal Talla village had a population of 65. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Khastal Talla village has 25 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khastal Talla has about 1600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Khastal Talla is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khastal Talla covers 68.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khastal Talla falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khastal Talla is Rishikesh, about 49 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khastal Talla.

Khastal Talla is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khastal Talla is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Jakhnidhar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhadiyara Talla (under 2 km), Khstal Malla (under 2 km) and Mairaf Talla (under 2 km).

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

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