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About Khanna Village

Khanna is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 161 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanna village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Mori
Pincode 249128
Area (hectares) 243.52 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 161
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
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 Khanna compares

By the 2011 count Khanna is the 52nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 243.52 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Khanna

Khanna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khanna 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 Khanna from other places

Khanna lies about 58 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 90 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 Khanna
Tehsil headquarters Mori 16 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 58 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 78 km
Nearest railway station Shimla 90 km

Villages closest to Khanna

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 Khanna

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanna village had a population of 319. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Khanna village has 161 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanna has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

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

Khanna covers 243.52 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.

Khanna falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khanna is Shimla, about 90 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 Khanna.

Khanna is about 58 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanna is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 16 km away. Uttarkashi is about 58 km away. Mussoorie is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doni (under 2 km), Satta (under 2 km) and Gawalgaun (under 2 km).

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

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