About Khanora Village

Khanora is a mid sized village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 618 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanora village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	313.5 hectares
Population	1,273
Male Population	618
Female Population	655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanora compares

By the 2011 count Khanora is the 5th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 313.5 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Khanora

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

Khanora lies about 35 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 19 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 Khanora
Nearest town	Dharamsala	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	19 km
District headquarters	Chamba	35 km

Villages closest to Khanora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanora village had a population of 1,273. That makes it the 5th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Khanora village has 618 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanora has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Khanora is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanora covers 313.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanora falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanora is Kangra Mandir, about 19 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 village for Khanora.

Khanora is about 35 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanora is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Dharamsala is about 6.2 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 19 km away. Sihunta is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.