About Khal Village

Khal is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 51 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,529 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	114.07 hectares
Population	129
Male Population	51
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,529
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khal compares

By the 2011 count Khal is the 83rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 114.07 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1059.

Getting to Khal

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

Khal lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Khal
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	20 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Khal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal village had a population of 129. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Khal village has 51 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khal has about 1529 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Khal is 177043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khal covers 114.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khal falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khal is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Khal.

Khal is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 20 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.