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About Khajurnu Village

Khajurnu is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 133 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajurnu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajurnu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Thural
Pincode 176092
Area (hectares) 47.47 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 133
Female Population 151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,135
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khajurnu compares

By the 2011 count Khajurnu is the 26th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 47.47 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Khajurnu

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

Khajurnu lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Khajurnu
Tehsil headquarters Thural 3.9 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 24 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Khajurnu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajurnu village had a population of 284. That makes it the 26th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Khajurnu village has 133 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajurnu has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Khajurnu is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajurnu covers 47.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajurnu falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khajurnu is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Khajurnu.

Khajurnu 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.

Khajurnu is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 3.9 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Kangra 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 Boharkar (under 2 km), Rapot (under 2 km) and Moondhi Khas (under 2 km).

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

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