About Kharakhar Village

Kharakhar is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,013, made up of 543 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 556.445 hectares hectares.

Kharakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharakhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Area (hectares)	556.445 hectares
Population	1,013
Male Population	543
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
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 Kharakhar compares

By the 2011 count Kharakhar is the 60th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 556.445 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Kharakhar

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

Kharakhar lies about 18 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, 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 Kharakhar
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	18 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Kharakhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharakhar village had a population of 1,013. That makes it the 60th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Kharakhar village has 543 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharakhar has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Kharakhar covers 556.445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharakhar falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharakhar is Amb Andaura, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kharakhar.

Kharakhar is about 18 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharakhar is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Rath is about 18 km away. Hamirpur is about 18 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.