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About Khatta Village

Khatta is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 28 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176051
Area (hectares) 13.57 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 28
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khatta compares

By the 2011 count Khatta is the 344th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 13.57 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Khatta

Khatta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khatta 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khatta from other places

Khatta lies about 37 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 4.0 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 Khatta
Nearest railway station Balle Da Pir Larth 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 11 km
Nearest town Mamun 20 km
District headquarters Kangra 37 km

Villages closest to Khatta

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 Khatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatta village had a population of 56. That makes it the 344th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Khatta village has 28 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Khatta is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatta covers 13.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khatta is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 4.0 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 <5 km distance for Khatta.

Khatta is about 37 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatta is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 4.0 km away. Nurpur is about 11 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.

The closest recorded villages are Bari (under 2 km), Bari Khad (under 2 km) and Bari Khas (under 2 km).

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

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