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About Majhkhet Village

Majhkhet is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 69 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,246 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhkhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhkhet village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 117.59 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 69
Female Population 86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,246
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 Majhkhet compares

By the 2011 count Majhkhet is the 189th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 117.59 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1154.

Getting to Majhkhet

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

Majhkhet lies about 14 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 50 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 Majhkhet
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 14 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 14 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 50 km

Villages closest to Majhkhet

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 Majhkhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhkhet village had a population of 155. That makes it the 189th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Majhkhet village has 69 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhkhet has about 1246 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

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

Majhkhet covers 117.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Majhkhet is Rishikesh, about 50 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 Majhkhet.

Majhkhet 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.

Majhkhet is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 14 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 14 km away. Rishikesh is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhari (under 2 km), Dharsal Gaon Lagga Dikhol Gaon (2.0 km) and Dikhol Gaon Maniyar (2.0 km).

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

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