About Khandwal Village

Khandwal is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,464, made up of 765 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandwal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176202
Area (hectares)	296.82 hectares
Population	1,464
Male Population	765
Female Population	699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khandwal compares

By the 2011 count Khandwal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 296.82 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Khandwal

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

How far is Khandwal from other places

Khandwal lies about 50 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about under 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 Khandwal
Nearest railway station	Kandwal	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mamun	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	50 km

Villages closest to Khandwal

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 Khandwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandwal village had a population of 1,464. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khandwal village has 765 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandwal has about 914 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 Khandwal is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandwal covers 296.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khandwal is Kandwal, about under 2 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 village for Khandwal.

Khandwal is about 50 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandwal is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about under 2 km away. Mamun is about 7.7 km away. Nurpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.