About Polkhand Village

Polkhand is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 15 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Polkhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Polkhand village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249121
Area (hectares)	6.3 hectares
Population	36
Male Population	15
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,400
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Polkhand compares

By the 2011 count Polkhand is the 121st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 6.3 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Polkhand

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

Polkhand 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 Polkhand
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 Polkhand

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.

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Common questions about Polkhand

As per the Census of India 2011, Polkhand village had a population of 36. That makes it the 121st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Polkhand village has 15 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Polkhand has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Polkhand is 249121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Polkhand covers 6.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Polkhand 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 village for Polkhand.

Polkhand 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.

Polkhand 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.