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About Khar Muhn Village

Khar Muhn is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 29 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Muhn Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar Muhn village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Khundian
Pincode 176030
Area (hectares) 42.65 hectares
Population 53
Male Population 29
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 828
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar Muhn compares

By the 2011 count Khar Muhn is the 183rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 42.65 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1070.

Getting to Khar Muhn

Khar Muhn is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khar Muhn as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khar Muhn from other places

Khar Muhn lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Khar Muhn
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 8.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Khundian 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 23 km

Villages closest to Khar Muhn

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 Khar Muhn

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar Muhn village had a population of 53. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Khar Muhn village has 29 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar Muhn has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Khar Muhn is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khar Muhn covers 42.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khar Muhn falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khar Muhn is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khar Muhn.

Khar Muhn is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khar Muhn is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 8.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Khundian is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharam Dhayara (under 2 km), Chihar (under 2 km) and Dhakhar (under 2 km).

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

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