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About Khanwara Village

Khanwara is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 60 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanwara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 48.15 hectares
Population 124
Male Population 60
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanwara compares

By the 2011 count Khanwara is the 218th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 48.15 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1082.

Getting to Khanwara

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

Khanwara lies about 8.4 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about under 2 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 Khanwara
Nearest railway station Samloti under 2 km
District headquarters Kangra 8.4 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 27 km

Villages closest to Khanwara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Khanwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanwara village had a population of 124. That makes it the 218th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Khanwara village has 60 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanwara has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Khanwara is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanwara covers 48.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanwara falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanwara is Samloti, about under 2 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 Khanwara.

Khanwara is about 8.4 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanwara is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about under 2 km away. Kangra is about 8.4 km away. Dharamsala is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachhaur (4.8 km), Gujrehra (6.5 km) and Dohag Khas (7.2 km).

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

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