About Khajan Village

Khajan is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 994, made up of 518 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176701
Area (hectares)	299.61 hectares
Population	994
Male Population	518
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khajan compares

By the 2011 count Khajan is the 32nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 299.61 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Khajan

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

Khajan lies about 43 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 7.1 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 Khajan
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	7.1 km
Nearest town	Mamun	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	43 km

Villages closest to Khajan

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 Khajan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajan village had a population of 994. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khajan village has 518 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajan has about 919 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 Khajan is 176701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajan covers 299.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajan falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajan is Nurpur Road, about 7.1 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 Khajan.

Khajan is about 43 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajan is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 3.1 km away. Nurpur Road is about 7.1 km away. Mamun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.