About Khalta Village

Khalta is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 154 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176091, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176091
Area (hectares)	116.48 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	154
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalta compares

By the 2011 count Khalta is the 64th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 116.48 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1217.

Getting to Khalta

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

Khalta lies about 46 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chauntra Bahetren, about 1.9 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 Khalta
Nearest railway station	Chauntra Bahetren	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	20 km
Nearest town	Mandi	39 km
District headquarters	Kangra	46 km

Villages closest to Khalta

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.

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Common questions about Khalta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalta village had a population of 336. That makes it the 64th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Khalta village has 154 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalta has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Khalta is 176091. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalta covers 116.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khalta is Chauntra Bahetren, about 1.9 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 Khalta.

Khalta is about 46 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalta is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Chauntra Bahetren is about 1.9 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 20 km away. Mandi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.