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About Khanar Village

Khanar is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 22 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,227 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176211
Area (hectares) 36.39 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 22
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,227
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanar compares

By the 2011 count Khanar is the 350th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 36.39 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 971.

Getting to Khanar

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

How far is Khanar from other places

Khanar lies about 44 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 13 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 Khanar
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 13 km
Nearest town Mamun 24 km
District headquarters Kangra 44 km

Villages closest to Khanar

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.

Common questions about Khanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanar village had a population of 49. That makes it the 350th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khanar village has 22 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanar has about 1227 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Khanar is 176211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanar covers 36.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khanar is Nurpur Road, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khanar.

Khanar is about 44 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanar is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 9.3 km away. Nurpur Road is about 13 km away. Mamun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sogat (under 2 km), Niar (under 2 km) and Danna (under 2 km).

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

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