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About Khajura Village

Khajura is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 25 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajura village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Bhalai
Pincode 176308
Area (hectares) 52 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 25
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khajura compares

By the 2011 count Khajura is the 75th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 52 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khajura

Khajura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khajura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khajura from other places

Khajura lies about 25 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 17 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 Khajura
Nearest railway station Talara 17 km
District headquarters Chamba 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhalai 32 km

Villages closest to Khajura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhalai 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.

Common questions about Khajura

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajura village had a population of 50. That makes it the 75th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Khajura village has 25 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khajura is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajura covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khajura falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajura is Talara, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khajura.

Khajura is about 25 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajura is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Talara is about 17 km away. Chamba is about 25 km away. Bhalai is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basa (2.7 km), Kanhar (4.8 km) and Chhatrel (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khajura today is likely to be higher.

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