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About Khatin Village

Khatin is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 210, made up of 95 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176060, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatin village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176060
Area (hectares) 169.37 hectares
Population 210
Male Population 95
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khatin compares

By the 2011 count Khatin is the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 169.37 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Khatin

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

Khatin lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 4.0 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 Khatin
Nearest railway station Paror 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km

Villages closest to Khatin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatin village had a population of 210. That makes it the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Khatin village has 95 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatin has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Khatin is 176060. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatin covers 169.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khatin falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khatin is Paror, about 4.0 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 Khatin.

Khatin is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatin is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 4.0 km away. Dhira is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korna (under 2 km), Chombu (under 2 km) and Lanjehr (under 2 km).

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

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