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About Khlawat Village

Khlawat is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 168 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khlawat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khlawat village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Dhatwal
Pincode 176049
Area (hectares) 86.66 hectares
Population 350
Male Population 168
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khlawat compares

By the 2011 count Khlawat is the 30th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 86.66 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Khlawat

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

Khlawat lies about 53 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 29 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 Khlawat
Nearest town Sundarnagar 27 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhatwal 35 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 53 km

Villages closest to Khlawat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khlawat village had a population of 350. That makes it the 30th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Khlawat village has 168 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khlawat has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Khlawat is 176049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khlawat covers 86.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khlawat falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khlawat is Kiratpur Sahib, about 29 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 Khlawat.

Khlawat is about 53 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khlawat is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 27 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 29 km away. Dhatwal is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tangar (5.7 km), Bahal Nalochan (7.6 km) and Nalera (7.6 km).

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

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