About Khopa Village

Khopa is a mid sized village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 226 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,252 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khopa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khopa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176128
Area (hectares)	32.79 hectares
Population	509
Male Population	226
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,252
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khopa compares

By the 2011 count Khopa is the 67th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 32.79 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Khopa

Khopa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khopa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khopa from other places

Khopa lies about 6.2 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 4.4 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 Khopa
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	4.4 km
District headquarters	Kangra	6.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	34 km

Villages closest to Khopa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khopa village had a population of 509. That makes it the 67th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Khopa village has 226 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khopa has about 1252 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Khopa is 176128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khopa covers 32.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khopa falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khopa is Kangra Mandir, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khopa.

Khopa is about 6.2 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khopa is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra Mandir is about 4.4 km away. Kangra is about 6.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.