About Kharota Village

Kharota is a mid sized village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 857, made up of 454 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176218
Area (hectares)	121.81 hectares
Population	857
Male Population	454
Female Population	403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharota compares

By the 2011 count Kharota is the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 121.81 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kharota

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

How far is Kharota from other places

Kharota lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, 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 Kharota
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	5.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km

Villages closest to Kharota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharota village had a population of 857. That makes it the 34th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Kharota village has 454 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharota has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kharota is 176218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharota covers 121.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kharota falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharota is Nagrota, 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 village for Kharota.

Kharota is about 17 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharota is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Dharmsala is about 5.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 5.5 km away. Nagrota is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.