About Khund Village

Khund is a small village in Brahmaur tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 162 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khund village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Brahmaur
Pincode	176315
Area (hectares)	153.84 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	162
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khund compares

By the 2011 count Khund is the 37th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 500 residents. Its 153.84 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Khund

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

Khund lies about 43 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 40 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 Khund
Tehsil headquarters	Brahmaur	2.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	40 km
District headquarters	Chamba	43 km

Villages closest to Khund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khund village had a population of 295. That makes it the 37th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 500 residents.

Khund village has 162 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khund has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Khund is 176315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khund covers 153.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khund falls under Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khund is Chamunda Marg, about 40 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 Khund.

Khund is about 43 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khund is in Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district. Brahmaur is about 2.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 34 km away. Chamunda Marg is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.