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- LGD code
- 48283
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population
- 222
- Households
- 61
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1612 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 112
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 70 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 199 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- The Hans Foundation General Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khera compares
By population, Khera ranks #103 of 315 villages in Kotdwara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
−11.5% vs mandal average
- Khera
- 64.4%
- Kotdwara mandal
- 75.9%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,612
+564 vs mandal average
- Khera
- 1,612
- Kotdwara mandal
- 1,048
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Khera
- 3.6
- Kotdwara mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khera at a glance
Khera is a village of 222 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Kotdwara tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 103rd-largest of 315 villages in Kotdwara tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,612 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 17 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 21 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246121, served by Bhrigukhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 48283. The nearest hospital or health centre is The Hans Foundation General Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 262 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Khera
- LGD code
- 48283
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 222
- Population (projected 2026)
- 262
- Households
- 61
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1612
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 29.92127°N, 78.60337°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Block / Mandal
- Kotdwara
Getting there
How to reach Khera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun70 kmcapital
- Delhi199 km
- Kolkata1270 km
- Mumbai1337 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara21 km
- Hospital / PHCThe Hans Foundation General Hospital9 km
- ATM / banksbi34 km
- Petrol pumpIoc23 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS38 km
- Police stationPolice station35 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Khera
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Villages near Khera
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- Padampur
- Balbhadrapur
- Jhandi Chaur Purwi
- Neenbuchaur
- Jhandi Chaur Pachhimi
- Ghamandpur
- Jhandichaod Uttri
- Shiv Rajpur
- Lalpur
- Harsinghpur
- Ratanpur
- Simalchaur
- Nandpur
- Dhurwapur
- Ratanpur
- Udaya Rampur Nayabad
- Jashodharpur
- Kalabad (Giwai Srot)
- Lalpani Palli
- Koriya
- Mawakot
- Durgapur
- Kumbhichaur
- Haldukhata Malla
- Khunibarh
- Haldwkha Talla
- Lachampur
- Lokmaripur
- Dev Rampur
- Grastan Ganj
- Kotdwar Gaon
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)