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About Khanog Village

Khanog is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 46 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,739 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176047
Area (hectares) 100.05 hectares
Population 126
Male Population 46
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,739
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanog compares

By the 2011 count Khanog is the 112th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 100.05 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Khanog

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

Khanog lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 5.1 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 Khanog
Nearest railway station Samloti 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 5.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 19 km

Villages closest to Khanog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Khanog

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanog village had a population of 126. That makes it the 112th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Khanog village has 46 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanog has about 1739 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Khanog is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanog covers 100.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanog falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanog is Samloti, about 5.1 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 for Khanog.

Khanog 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.

Khanog is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 5.1 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 5.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lolehr (under 2 km), Baroti (under 2 km) and Barana (under 2 km).

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

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