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About Khinang Village

Khinang 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 70, made up of 37 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khinang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khinang village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Lahul
Pincode 175140
Area (hectares) 30.5 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 37
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khinang compares

By the 2011 count Khinang is the 41st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 30.5 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1020.

Getting to Khinang

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

Khinang lies about 77 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about under 2 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 Khinang
Nearest railway station Patti Rajpura under 2 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Lahul 33 km
District headquarters Lahul and Spiti 77 km

Villages closest to Khinang

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.

Common questions about Khinang

As per the Census of India 2011, Khinang village had a population of 70. That makes it the 41st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Khinang village has 37 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khinang has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khinang is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khinang covers 30.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khinang is Patti Rajpura, about under 2 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 Khinang.

Khinang is about 77 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.

Khinang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Patti Rajpura is about under 2 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Lahul is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghambari (6.2 km), Yoche (9.1 km) and Shurtang (13 km).

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

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