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Khal

खाल
Ghansali mandal
Pincode 249155
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
anuradha
Contact: 67****9065
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LGD code
42869
Pincode
249155
Post office
Ghansali
Population
194
Households
35
Literacy rate
46.9%
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000♂
Workers
91
Distance to district centre
24 km
Distance to mandal centre
5 km
Distance to Dehradun
74 km
Distance to Delhi
255 km
Nearest railway station
Rishikesh · 61 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Jakhal Bhardar · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Khal compares

By population, Khal ranks #128 of 193 villages in Ghansali mandal.

Literacy rate
%
46.9%
−13.6% vs mandal average
Khal
46.9%
Ghansali mandal
60.5%
Tehri Garhwal district
65.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,000
−221 vs mandal average
Khal
1,000
Ghansali mandal
1,221
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
Khal
5.5
Ghansali mandal
4.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Khal at a glance

Khal is a village of 194 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Ghansali tehsil, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 128th-largest of 193 villages in Ghansali tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 14 points below the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Tehri Garhwal district centre, 44 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 61 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249155, served by Ghansali post office; the LGD village code is 42869. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Jakhal Bhardar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is anuradha, and the village votes in Ghanshali assembly constituency, represented by Shakti Lal Shah. The population is estimated at 229 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Satiyala

Key facts — Khal

LGD code
42869
Pincode
249155
Post office
Ghansali
Population (Census 2011)
194
Population (projected 2026)
229
Households
35
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1000
Literacy rate
46.9%
Coordinates
30.45379°N, 78.78248°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Tehri Garhwal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Ghanshali
Member of Parliament
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Legislative Assembly
Shakti Lal Shah
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
anuradha
Block / Mandal
Ghansali
Getting there

How to reach Khal

Mandal centre
Ghansali · ≈ 4.9 km
≈ 10 min by car · 12 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Tehri Garhwal · ≈ 24 km
≈ 50 min by car · 59 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 10,444 people
Kulheri · ≈ 44 km
≈ 1 h 30 min by car · 1 h 47 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun74 kmcapital
  • Delhi255 km
  • Kolkata1294 km
  • Mumbai1398 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationRishikesh61 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Jakhal Bhardar18 km
  • ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM26 km
  • Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum25 km
  • CollegeCommerce Ground CHAURAS26 km
  • Police stationRudraprayag Police Station27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Khal

1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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