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About Khuin Village

Khuin is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 270, made up of 124 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuin village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Dalhousie
Pincode 176302
Area (hectares) 156.51 hectares
Population 270
Male Population 124
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,177
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 Khuin compares

By the 2011 count Khuin is the 48th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 156.51 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, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Khuin

Khuin is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khuin 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. The nearest villages by name are Khaddi, Khairi, Kharira and Kholi Kuffar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khuin

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuin village had a population of 270. That makes it the 48th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Khuin village has 124 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuin has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Khuin is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuin covers 156.51 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.

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

The census record for Khuin notes the nearest railway station 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 Khuin.

Khuin is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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