About Kharwan Village

Kharwan is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 162 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249193, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharwan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Dunda
Pincode	249193
Area (hectares)	89.3 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	162
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Kharwan compares

By the 2011 count Kharwan is the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 89.3 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Kharwan

Kharwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kharwan 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 Kharwan from other places

Kharwan lies about 18 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 53 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 Kharwan
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dunda	32 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	37 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	53 km

Villages closest to Kharwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dunda 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.

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Common questions about Kharwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharwan village had a population of 305. That makes it the 70th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Kharwan village has 162 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharwan has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kharwan is 249193. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharwan covers 89.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharwan falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kharwan is Dehradun, about 53 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 Kharwan.

Kharwan is about 18 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharwan is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 18 km away. Dunda is about 32 km away. Mussoorie is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.