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About Khand Birkot Village

Khand Birkot is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 182 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khand Birkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khand Birkot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249132
Area (hectares) 106.22 hectares
Population 381
Male Population 182
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khand Birkot compares

By the 2011 count Khand Birkot is the 66th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 106.22 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Khand Birkot

Khand Birkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khand Birkot as Available within village. 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 Khand Birkot from other places

Khand Birkot lies about 8.7 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 30 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 Birkot
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 8.7 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 30 km

Villages closest to Khand Birkot

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 Khand Birkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Khand Birkot village had a population of 381. That makes it the 66th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Khand Birkot village has 182 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khand Birkot has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Khand Birkot is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khand Birkot covers 106.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khand Birkot is Rishikesh, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khand Birkot.

Khand Birkot is about 8.7 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 Birkot is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 8.7 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 8.7 km away. Rishikesh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dikhol Gaon Udaikot (under 2 km), Jaskot (under 2 km) and Kot (under 2 km).

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

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