About Khair Khas Village

Khair Khas is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 264 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khair Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khair Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176022
Area (hectares)	87.65 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	264
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khair Khas compares

By the 2011 count Khair Khas is the 110th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 87.65 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Khair Khas

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

Khair Khas lies about 35 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, 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 Khair Khas
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	12 km
Nearest town	Mamun	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	35 km

Villages closest to Khair Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nurpur 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 Khair Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Khair Khas village had a population of 506. That makes it the 110th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khair Khas village has 264 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khair Khas has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Khair Khas is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khair Khas covers 87.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khair Khas falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khair Khas is Balle Da Pir Larth, 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 for Khair Khas.

Khair Khas is about 35 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khair Khas is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 3.2 km away. Nurpur is about 12 km away. Mamun is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.