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About Khas Sihund Village

Khas Sihund is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 192 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khas Sihund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Sihund village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 88.99 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 192
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khas Sihund compares

By the 2011 count Khas Sihund is the 68th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 88.99 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Khas Sihund

Khas Sihund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khas Sihund as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khas Sihund from other places

Khas Sihund lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 3.2 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 Khas Sihund
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Nagrota 3.2 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km

Villages closest to Khas Sihund

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 Khas Sihund

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Sihund village had a population of 380. That makes it the 68th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Khas Sihund village has 192 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Sihund has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Khas Sihund covers 88.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khas Sihund is Nagrota, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khas Sihund.

Khas Sihund is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Sihund is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Bagwan is about 3.1 km away. Nagrota is about 3.2 km away. Dharamsala 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 Uprehr (under 2 km), Kawari (under 2 km) and Ranhun (1.5 km).

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

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