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About Khajurnun Village

Khajurnun is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 173 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176099, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajurnun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajurnun village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176099
Area (hectares) 35.91 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 173
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khajurnun compares

By the 2011 count Khajurnun is the 56th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 35.91 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Khajurnun

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

Khajurnun lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Khajurnun
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 14 km
District headquarters Kangra 24 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Khajurnun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajurnun village had a population of 353. That makes it the 56th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Khajurnun village has 173 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajurnun has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Khajurnun is 176099. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajurnun covers 35.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khajurnun falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajurnun is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Khajurnun.

Khajurnun is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajurnun is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bag Kuljan (1.6 km), Bagrena (1.6 km) and Lahru (1.8 km).

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

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