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About Khirmu Village

Khirmu is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 186 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249171, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirmu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirmu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Rajgarhi
Pincode 249171
Area (hectares) 199.71 hectares
Population 346
Male Population 186
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
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 Khirmu compares

By the 2011 count Khirmu is the 68th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 199.71 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 983.

Getting to Khirmu

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

Khirmu lies about 32 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 41 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 Khirmu
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarhi 22 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 25 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 32 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 41 km

Villages closest to Khirmu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirmu village had a population of 346. That makes it the 68th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Khirmu village has 186 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirmu has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Khirmu is 249171. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirmu covers 199.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khirmu falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Khirmu is Dehradun, about 41 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 Khirmu.

Khirmu is about 32 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirmu is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 22 km away. Mussoorie is about 25 km away. Uttarkashi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kewalgaon (under 2 km), Kwal Gaon (under 2 km) and Bursi (1.8 km).

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

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