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About Khukhnera Village

Khukhnera is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 66 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khukhnera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khukhnera village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baroh
Pincode 176055
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 137
Male Population 66
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khukhnera compares

By the 2011 count Khukhnera is the 85th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Khukhnera

Khukhnera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khukhnera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khukhnera from other places

Khukhnera lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 11 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 Khukhnera
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Baroh 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 25 km
District headquarters Kangra 25 km

Villages closest to Khukhnera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khukhnera village had a population of 137. That makes it the 85th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Khukhnera village has 66 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khukhnera has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Khukhnera is 176055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khukhnera covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khukhnera falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khukhnera is Jawanwala Shahr, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Khukhnera.

Khukhnera is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khukhnera is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Jawanwala Shahr is about 11 km away. Baroh is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kerta (3.8 km), Surani (5.9 km) and Jol (6.9 km).

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

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