About Khankur Village

Khankur is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 193 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khankur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khankur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176317
Area (hectares)	123 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	193
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khankur compares

By the 2011 count Khankur is the 28th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khankur

Khankur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khankur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khankur from other places

Khankur lies about 21 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 49 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 Khankur
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	7.7 km
District headquarters	Chamba	21 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	49 km

Villages closest to Khankur

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.

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Common questions about Khankur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khankur village had a population of 388. That makes it the 28th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Khankur village has 193 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khankur has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khankur is 176317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khankur covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khankur is Nurpur Road, about 49 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 10+ km distance for Khankur.

Khankur is about 21 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khankur is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 7.7 km away. Chamba is about 21 km away. Nurpur Road is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.