About Khwangi Village

Khwangi is a large village in Kalpa tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,183, made up of 1,258 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khwangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khwangi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Kalpa
Pincode	172107
Area (hectares)	161.22 hectares
Population	2,183
Male Population	1,258
Female Population	925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khwangi compares

By the 2011 count Khwangi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 161.22 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Khwangi

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

Khwangi lies about 4.5 km from Kinnaur. 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 Khwangi
Tehsil headquarters	Kalpa	1.6 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	4.5 km
Nearest town	Shimla	116 km

Villages closest to Khwangi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khwangi village had a population of 2,183. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Khwangi village has 1,258 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khwangi has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Khwangi is 172107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khwangi covers 161.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khwangi falls under Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khwangi notes the nearest railway station 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 Khwangi.

Khwangi is about 4.5 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khwangi is in Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district. Kalpa is about 1.6 km away. Kinnaur is about 4.5 km away. Shimla is about 116 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.