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About Khand Village

Khand is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 129 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,535 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, 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 Narendranagar
Pincode 249146
Area (hectares) 233.64 hectares
Population 327
Male Population 129
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,535
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 Khand compares

By the 2011 count Khand is the 71st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 233.64 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Khand

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

Khand lies about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 25 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
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 14 km
Nearest town Tehri 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 21 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 25 km

Villages closest to Khand

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 Khand

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand village had a population of 327. That makes it the 71st largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Khand village has 129 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand has about 1535 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

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

Khand covers 233.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khand is Rishikesh, about 25 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 Khand.

Khand is about 14 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 Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 14 km away. Tehri is about 14 km away. Narendranagar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamogi (under 2 km), Jeman Gaon (under 2 km) and Man Gaon (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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