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About Bara Khet Village

Bara Khet is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 16 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Khet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Khet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 17.34 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 16
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Khet compares

By the 2011 count Bara Khet is the 297th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 17.34 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Bara Khet

Bara Khet is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bara Khet as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Bara Khet from other places

Bara Khet lies about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 58 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 Bara Khet
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 22 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 22 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 58 km

Villages closest to Bara Khet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Khet village had a population of 31. That makes it the 297th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Bara Khet village has 16 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Khet has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Bara Khet is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Khet covers 17.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bara Khet is Rishikesh, about 58 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bara Khet.

Bara Khet is about 22 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Khet is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 22 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 22 km away. Rishikesh is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koru Bara (under 2 km), Chamani (4.6 km) and Bhauri (4.6 km).

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

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