About Khola Village

Khola is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 44 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176222
Area (hectares)	164.44 hectares
Population	82
Male Population	44
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khola compares

By the 2011 count Khola is the 132nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 164.44 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Khola

Khola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khola from other places

Khola lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 18 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 Khola
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	5.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km

Villages closest to Khola

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 Khola

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola village had a population of 82. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Khola village has 44 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Khola is 176222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khola covers 164.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khola is Kangra Mandir, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khola.

Khola is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 5.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 9.2 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.