About Kharian Village

Kharian is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 52 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharian village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	42.1 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	52
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharian compares

By the 2011 count Kharian is the 105th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 42.1 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Kharian

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

Kharian lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 7.2 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 Kharian
Nearest railway station	Tripal	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Kharian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharian village had a population of 112. That makes it the 105th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Kharian village has 52 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharian has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Kharian is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharian covers 42.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharian falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharian is Tripal, about 7.2 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 Kharian.

Kharian 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.

Kharian is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 7.2 km away. Jawalamukhi is about 12 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.