About Khalu Village

Khalu is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 174 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	39.89 hectares
Population	327
Male Population	174
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalu compares

By the 2011 count Khalu is the 62nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 39.89 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Khalu

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

Khalu lies about 22 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 55 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 Khalu
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	22 km
District headquarters	Chamba	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	55 km

Villages closest to Khalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalu village had a population of 327. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Khalu village has 174 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalu has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Khalu is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalu covers 39.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khalu falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khalu is Nurpur Road, about 55 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 Khalu.

Khalu is about 22 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalu is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 22 km away. Chamba is about 22 km away. Nurpur Road is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.