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About Khanyasani Village

Khanyasani is a mid sized village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 385 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanyasani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanyasani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Mori
Pincode 249128
Area (hectares) 413.3 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 385
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanyasani compares

By the 2011 count Khanyasani is the 16th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 413.3 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Khanyasani

Khanyasani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khanyasani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khanyasani from other places

Khanyasani lies about 53 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 89 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 Khanyasani
Tehsil headquarters Mori 11 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 53 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 73 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 89 km

Villages closest to Khanyasani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanyasani village had a population of 725. That makes it the 16th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Khanyasani village has 385 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanyasani has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Khanyasani is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanyasani covers 413.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanyasani falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanyasani is Dehradun, about 89 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanyasani.

Khanyasani is about 53 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanyasani is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 11 km away. Uttarkashi is about 53 km away. Mussoorie is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pujeli (under 2 km), Bhitri (1.8 km) and Satta (4.5 km).

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

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