About Khangu Village

Khangu is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 115 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khangu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khangu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176316
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	115
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khangu compares

By the 2011 count Khangu is the 135th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Khangu

Khangu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khangu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khangu from other places

Khangu lies about 24 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 64 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 Khangu
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	24 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	64 km

Villages closest to Khangu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khangu village had a population of 217. That makes it the 135th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Khangu village has 115 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khangu has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khangu is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khangu covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khangu falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khangu is Nurpur Road, about 64 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khangu.

Khangu is about 24 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khangu is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 24 km away. Chamba is about 24 km away. Nurpur Road is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.