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About Khetu Village

Khetu is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 19 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,632 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khetu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khetu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249154
Area (hectares) 13.78 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 19
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,632
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 Khetu compares

By the 2011 count Khetu is the 277th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 13.78 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Khetu

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

Khetu lies about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 21 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 Khetu
Nearest town Mussoorie 17 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 23 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 23 km

Villages closest to Khetu

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 Khetu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khetu village had a population of 50. That makes it the 277th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Khetu village has 19 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khetu has about 1632 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Khetu is 249154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khetu covers 13.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khetu is Harrawala, about 21 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 Khetu.

Khetu is about 23 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khetu is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 17 km away. Harrawala is about 21 km away. Tehri is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Digothi (under 2 km), Bandwal Gaon (2.9 km) and Nawa Gaon (5.6 km).

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

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