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About Khundi Maral Village

Khundi Maral is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 58 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 552 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khundi Maral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khundi Maral village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Saluni
Pincode 176321
Area (hectares) 126.25 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 58
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 552
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 Khundi Maral compares

By the 2011 count Khundi Maral is the 120th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 126.25 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 979.

Getting to Khundi Maral

Khundi Maral is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khundi Maral 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 Khundi Maral from other places

Khundi Maral lies about 10 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, 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 Khundi Maral
Tehsil headquarters Saluni 10 km
District headquarters Chamba 10 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 40 km

Villages closest to Khundi Maral

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.

Common questions about Khundi Maral

As per the Census of India 2011, Khundi Maral village had a population of 90. That makes it the 120th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Khundi Maral village has 58 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khundi Maral has about 552 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 Khundi Maral is 176321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khundi Maral covers 126.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khundi Maral falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

Khundi Maral is about 10 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khundi Maral is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 10 km away. Chamba is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharni Bhalka (under 2 km), Dalohi (under 2 km) and Gahal (under 2 km).

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

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