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About Khard Village

Khard is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 11 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khard Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khard village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 24.77 hectares
Population 22
Male Population 11
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Khard compares

By the 2011 count Khard is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 24.77 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Khard

Khard is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khard as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khard from other places

Khard 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 Khard
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 8.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 23 km

Villages closest to Khard

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 Khard

As per the Census of India 2011, Khard village had a population of 22. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Khard village has 11 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khard has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Khard is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khard covers 24.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khard is Koparlahar, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Khard.

Khard 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.

Khard is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 8.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Nagrota Bagwan 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 Har (under 2 km), Hardi Chhatra (under 2 km) and Lahar Kangota (under 2 km).

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

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