About Purbani Khas Village

Purbani Khas is a small village in Kalpa tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 255 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbani Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbani Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Kalpa
Pincode	172107
Area (hectares)	180.18 hectares
Population	451
Male Population	255
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	769
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purbani Khas compares

By the 2011 count Purbani Khas is the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 180.18 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Purbani Khas

Purbani Khas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Purbani Khas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Purbani Khas from other places

Purbani Khas lies about under 2 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 Purbani Khas
District headquarters	Kinnaur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalpa	7.1 km
Nearest town	Shimla	120 km

Villages closest to Purbani Khas

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 Purbani Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbani Khas village had a population of 451. That makes it the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Purbani Khas village has 255 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbani Khas has about 769 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 Purbani Khas is 172107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbani Khas covers 180.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purbani Khas falls under Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Purbani Khas notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Purbani Khas is about under 2 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purbani Khas is in Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district. Kinnaur is about under 2 km away. Kalpa is about 7.1 km away. Shimla is about 120 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.