About Khanjar Village

Khanjar is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 33 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanjar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175142
Area (hectares)	294.34 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	33
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanjar compares

By the 2011 count Khanjar is the 35th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 294.34 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Khanjar

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

Khanjar lies about 36 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 92 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 Khanjar
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	24 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	36 km
Nearest town	Padam	66 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	92 km

Villages closest to Khanjar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanjar village had a population of 66. That makes it the 35th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Khanjar village has 33 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanjar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Khanjar is 175142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanjar covers 294.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanjar falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanjar is Zero Point, about 92 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 10+ km distance for Khanjar.

Khanjar is about 36 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanjar is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 24 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 36 km away. Padam is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.