About Khangsar Village

Khangsar is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 108 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khangsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khangsar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175132
Area (hectares)	73.16 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	108
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khangsar compares

By the 2011 count Khangsar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 73.16 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khangsar

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

Khangsar lies about 111 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 40 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 Khangsar
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	34 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	40 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	111 km

Villages closest to Khangsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khangsar village had a population of 224. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Khangsar village has 108 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khangsar has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khangsar is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khangsar covers 73.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khangsar is Buffer Stop, about 40 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 Khangsar.

Khangsar is about 111 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.

Khangsar is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Lahul is about 34 km away. Buffer Stop is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.