Khatima Explained

Khatima
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	India Uttarakhand#India
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Uttarakhand, India
Coordinates:	28.9198°N 79.9699°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	India
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Uttarakhand
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Udham Singh Nagar
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	25
Elevation Km2:	6
Population Total:	2,27,226
Population As Of:	2011
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Languages
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics1 Info1:	Hindi^[1]
Demographics1 Title2:	Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:	Sanskrit^[2] ^[3]
Demographics1 Title3:	Regional
Demographics1 Info3:	Kumaoni,Tharu
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30
Postal Code Type:	PIN
Postal Code:	262308
Area Code Type:	Telephone code
Area Code:	05943
Registration Plate:	UK 06

Khatima is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Khatima is located at .^[4] It has an average elevation of 299 metres (980 feet).

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Khatima had a total population of 2,27,226 of which 1,15,366 were males and 1,11,860 were females. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 28,274. The total number of literates in Khatima was 1,51,975 which constituted 66.88% of the population with male literacy of 74.1% and female literacy of 55.93%. The effective literacy rate of the 7+ population of Khatima was 83.2%, of which the male literacy rate was 88.8% and the female literacy rate was 76.7%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 30,820 and 53,692 respectively. Khatima had 42,922 households in 2011.^[5]

The 2001 Indian census recorded the population of Khatima as 14,378, with males constituting 54% of the population and females 46%. The literacy rate was 66%, of which male literacy was 73%, and female literacy was 58%. 16% of the population was under 6 years of age.^[6]

Notable People

Pushkar Singh Dhami, 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, Member of the 5th Uttarakhand Assembly.

References

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Notes and References

Web site: 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India. nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 27 May 2019. 18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017.
News: Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand . 28 January 2020 . Hindustan Times . 19 January 2010 . en . 27 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190627133359/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-uttarakhand/story-wxk51l8Re4vNxofrr7FAJK.html . live .
News: Sanskrit second official language of Uttarakhand . 28 January 2020 . The Hindu . 21 January 2010 . en-IN . 3 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180303145846/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Sanskrit-second-official-language-of-Uttarakhand/article15965492.ece . live .
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/39/Khatima.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Khatima
Web site: Census of India: Khatima . www.censusindia.gov.in . 30 October 2022.
Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 16 June 2004. 1 November 2008. Census Commission of India.