About Kharjar Village

Kharjar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 63 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176094, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharjar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176094
Area (hectares)	34.92 hectares
Population	119
Male Population	63
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharjar compares

By the 2011 count Kharjar is the 156th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 34.92 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Kharjar

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

Kharjar lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Kharjar
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Kharjar

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 Kharjar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharjar village had a population of 119. That makes it the 156th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Kharjar village has 63 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharjar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Kharjar is 176094. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharjar covers 34.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kharjar is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Kharjar.

Kharjar is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharjar is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 23 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Kangra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.