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About Khattu Khal Village

Khattu Khal is a small village in Dunda tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 172 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khattu Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khattu Khal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Dunda
Pincode 249151
Area (hectares) 82.91 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 172
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
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 Khattu Khal compares

By the 2011 count Khattu Khal is the 58th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 82.91 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Khattu Khal

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

Khattu Khal lies about 11 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, 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 Khattu Khal
District headquarters Uttarkashi 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dunda 27 km
Nearest town Tehri 35 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 50 km

Villages closest to Khattu Khal

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.

Common questions about Khattu Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khattu Khal village had a population of 360. That makes it the 58th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Khattu Khal village has 172 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khattu Khal has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Khattu Khal is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khattu Khal covers 82.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khattu Khal falls under Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khattu Khal is Dehradun, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khattu Khal.

Khattu Khal is about 11 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khattu Khal is in Dunda tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is about 11 km away. Dunda is about 27 km away. Tehri is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Soman (2.1 km), Singuni (2.2 km) and Astal (2.6 km).

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

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