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About Khohla Village

Khohla is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 113 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khohla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khohla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawalamukhi
Pincode 176031
Area (hectares) 48.08 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 113
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,150
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khohla compares

By the 2011 count Khohla is the 66th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 48.08 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Khohla

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

Khohla lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Khohla
Tehsil headquarters Jawalamukhi 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 23 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 37 km

Villages closest to Khohla

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.

Common questions about Khohla

As per the Census of India 2011, Khohla village had a population of 243. That makes it the 66th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Khohla village has 113 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khohla has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Khohla is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khohla covers 48.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khohla is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Khohla.

Khohla is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khohla is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 2.1 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suknal (under 2 km), Khohla Sughwal (under 2 km) and Chihru (1.6 km).

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

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