About Kharuhl Village

Kharuhl is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 147 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharuhl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharuhl village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	86.81 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	147
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharuhl compares

By the 2011 count Kharuhl is the 203rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 86.81 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Kharuhl

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

Kharuhl lies about 9.8 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 6.6 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 Kharuhl
Nearest railway station	Samloti	6.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	9.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	22 km

Villages closest to Kharuhl

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Palampur 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 Kharuhl

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharuhl village had a population of 317. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Kharuhl village has 147 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharuhl has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Kharuhl is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharuhl covers 86.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharuhl falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharuhl is Samloti, about 6.6 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 Kharuhl.

Kharuhl is about 9.8 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharuhl is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 6.6 km away. Kangra is about 9.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.