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About Muhalkar Khas Village

Muhalkar Khas is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 23 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muhalkar Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muhalkar Khas village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176047
Area (hectares) 33.71 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 23
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Muhalkar Khas compares

By the 2011 count Muhalkar Khas is the 136th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 33.71 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Muhalkar Khas

Muhalkar Khas 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 Muhalkar Khas 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muhalkar Khas from other places

Muhalkar Khas lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Muhalkar Khas
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 25 km
Nearest town Talwāra 35 km

Villages closest to Muhalkar Khas

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 Muhalkar Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Muhalkar Khas village had a population of 49. That makes it the 136th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Muhalkar Khas village has 23 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muhalkar Khas has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Muhalkar Khas covers 33.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Muhalkar Khas is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Muhalkar Khas is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muhalkar Khas is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghorhab (3.5 km), Gadyara (6.0 km) and Ban Ghururu (6.8 km).

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

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