About Kishala Village

Kishala is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 139 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kishala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kishala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	48.58 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	139
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
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 Kishala compares

By the 2011 count Kishala is the 99th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 48.58 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 983.

Getting to Kishala

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

Kishala lies about 21 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 65 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 Kishala
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	3.4 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	21 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	49 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	65 km

Villages closest to Kishala

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.

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Common questions about Kishala

As per the Census of India 2011, Kishala village had a population of 251. That makes it the 99th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Kishala village has 139 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kishala has about 806 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 Kishala is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kishala covers 48.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kishala falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Kishala is Dehradun, about 65 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 Kishala.

Kishala is about 21 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kishala is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 3.4 km away. Uttarkashi is about 21 km away. Mussoorie is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.