About Kahanpur Village

Kahanpur is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 162 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kahanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kahanpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177111
Area (hectares)	339.39 hectares
Population	327
Male Population	162
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kahanpur compares

By the 2011 count Kahanpur is the 42nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 339.39 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Kahanpur

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

Kahanpur lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Barial Himachal, 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 Kahanpur
Nearest town	Talwāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barial Himachal	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km

Villages closest to Kahanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kahanpur village had a population of 327. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Kahanpur village has 162 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kahanpur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Kahanpur is 177111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kahanpur covers 339.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kahanpur falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kahanpur is Barial Himachal, 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 Kahanpur.

Kahanpur is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kahanpur is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 10 km away. Barial Himachal is about 12 km away. Jaswan is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.