About Khandeh Village

Khandeh is one of the larger villages in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,294, made up of 3,443 males and 2,851 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2714.3 hectares hectares.

Khandeh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandeh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Area (hectares)	2714.3 hectares
Population	6,294
Male Population	3,443
Female Population	2,851
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandeh compares

By the 2011 count Khandeh is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 2714.3 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Khandeh

Khandeh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khandeh as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khandeh from other places

Khandeh lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Khandeh
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	34 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	34 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	39 km

Villages closest to Khandeh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandeh village had a population of 6,294. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Khandeh village has 3,443 males and 2,851 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandeh has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Khandeh covers 2714.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandeh falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khandeh is Olinda, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khandeh.

Khandeh is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandeh is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Maudaha is about 34 km away. Hamirpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.