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About Khas Khalet Village

Khas Khalet is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 696 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khas Khalet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khas Khalet village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176061
Area (hectares) 148.58 hectares
Population 1,418
Male Population 696
Female Population 722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khas Khalet compares

By the 2011 count Khas Khalet is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 148.58 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Khas Khalet

Khas Khalet is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khas Khalet as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khas Khalet from other places

Khas Khalet lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, 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 Khas Khalet
Nearest railway station Palampur Himachal under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 4.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 24 km
District headquarters Kangra 24 km

Villages closest to Khas Khalet

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.

Common questions about Khas Khalet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khas Khalet village had a population of 1,418. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Khas Khalet village has 696 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khas Khalet has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Khas Khalet is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khas Khalet covers 148.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khas Khalet falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khas Khalet is Palampur Himachal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khas Khalet.

Khas Khalet is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khas Khalet is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Palampur Himachal is about under 2 km away. Palampur is about 4.6 km away. Dharamsala 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 Raudi (under 2 km), Maranda (under 2 km) and Bhangiar (under 2 km).

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

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