About Drini Khas Village

Drini Khas is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 198 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Drini Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drini Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	214.56 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	198
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Drini Khas compares

By the 2011 count Drini Khas is the 59th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 214.56 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1046.

Getting to Drini Khas

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

Drini Khas lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 21 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 Drini Khas
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	7.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	21 km

Villages closest to Drini Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahpur 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 Drini Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Drini Khas village had a population of 396. That makes it the 59th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Drini Khas village has 198 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drini Khas has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Drini Khas is 176206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Drini Khas covers 214.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Drini Khas falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Drini Khas is Kangra Mandir, about 21 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 Drini Khas.

Drini Khas is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drini Khas is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 7.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.