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About Khalun Village

Khalun is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 21 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalun village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249146
Area (hectares) 24.66 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 21
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,286
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 Khalun compares

By the 2011 count Khalun is the 219th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 24.66 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1109.

Getting to Khalun

Khalun is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khalun 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 Khalun from other places

Khalun lies about 9.8 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Khalun
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 9.8 km
Nearest town Tehri 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 23 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 28 km

Villages closest to Khalun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalun village had a population of 48. That makes it the 219th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Khalun village has 21 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalun has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Khalun is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalun covers 24.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khalun falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khalun is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Khalun.

Khalun is about 9.8 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalun is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.8 km away. Tehri is about 9.8 km away. Narendranagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramol Gaon (under 2 km), Phipalti (2.3 km) and Palam (2.6 km).

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

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