About Rachhan Village

Rachhan is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 91 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rachhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rachhan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	98.97 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	91
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rachhan compares

By the 2011 count Rachhan is the 84th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 98.97 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Rachhan

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

Rachhan lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 25 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 Rachhan
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Rachhan

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.

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Common questions about Rachhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rachhan village had a population of 175. That makes it the 84th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Rachhan village has 91 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rachhan has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

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

Rachhan covers 98.97 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.

Rachhan falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rachhan is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Rachhan.

Rachhan is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rachhan is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 8.0 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.