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About Katkhet Village

Katkhet is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 220 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,186 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katkhet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 392.77 hectares
Population 481
Male Population 220
Female Population 261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,186
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 Katkhet compares

By the 2011 count Katkhet is the 39th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 392.77 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Katkhet

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

Katkhet lies about 31 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 39 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 Katkhet
Nearest town Mussoorie 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 31 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 31 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 39 km

Villages closest to Katkhet

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 Katkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Katkhet village had a population of 481. That makes it the 39th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Katkhet village has 220 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katkhet has about 1186 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Katkhet is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katkhet covers 392.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Katkhet falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Katkhet is Dehradun, about 39 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 Katkhet.

Katkhet is about 31 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katkhet is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Tehri is about 31 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandra Koti (under 2 km), Mahera (under 2 km) and Darmali (under 2 km).

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

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