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About Khet Village

Khet is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 200 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Pratapnagar
Pincode 249165
Area (hectares) 43.09 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 200
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
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 Khet compares

By the 2011 count Khet is the 75th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 43.09 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Khet

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

Khet lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 26 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 Khet
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Pratapnagar 19 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 26 km

Villages closest to Khet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khet village had a population of 409. That makes it the 75th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Khet village has 200 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khet has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Khet is 249165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khet covers 43.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khet falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khet is Rishikesh, about 26 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 Khet.

Khet 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.

Khet is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Pratapnagar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khalar Gaon (3.2 km), Ramol Gaon (3.8 km) and Bhauniyara (6.8 km).

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

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