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About Keori Village

Keori is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 145 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keori village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Shahpur
Pincode 176209
Area (hectares) 72.4 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 145
Female Population 171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,179
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keori compares

By the 2011 count Keori is the 75th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 72.4 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Keori

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

Keori lies about 8.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 8.0 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 Keori
Nearest town Dharamsala 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 8.0 km
District headquarters Kangra 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahpur 10 km

Villages closest to Keori

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.

Common questions about Keori

As per the Census of India 2011, Keori village had a population of 316. That makes it the 75th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Keori village has 145 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keori has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Keori is 176209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keori covers 72.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keori falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Keori is Kangra Mandir, about 8.0 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 Keori.

Keori is about 8.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keori is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 7.2 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 8.0 km away. Kangra is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rachhialu (under 2 km), Bharot (under 2 km) and Jugehr (under 2 km).

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

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