Khatima is a city and a

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Udham Singh Nagar district Udham Singh Nagar District (officially District of Udham Singh Nagar )is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Jasp ...

in the

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Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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

Demographics

As of

2011 Indian Census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, 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 The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

population was 30,820 and 53,692 respectively. Khatima had 42,922 households in 2011. The

2001 Indian census The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 182, ...

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.

Notable People

* Pushkar Singh Dhami, 10th

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief mi ...

. * Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, Member of the

5th Uttarakhand Assembly The 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election have elected the incumbent fifth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Elections were held on 14 February 2022 when Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 47 seats in the 70 ...

References

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