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About Khorti Village

Khorti is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 37 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khorti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khorti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Dalhousie
Pincode 176303
Area (hectares) 43 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 37
Female Population 38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khorti compares

By the 2011 count Khorti is the 105th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Khorti

Khorti is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khorti as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khorti from other places

Khorti lies about 18 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 Khorti
Tehsil headquarters Dalhousie 7.2 km
District headquarters Chamba 18 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 25 km

Villages closest to Khorti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khorti village had a population of 75. That makes it the 105th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Khorti village has 37 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khorti has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Khorti is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khorti covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khorti falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khorti is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khorti.

Khorti is about 18 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khorti is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 7.2 km away. Chamba is about 18 km away. Nurpur Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Betina (2.3 km), Bhatoli (3.6 km) and Manola (3.6 km).

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

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