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About Yari Khoksar Village

Yari Khoksar 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 15, made up of 7 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yari Khoksar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yari Khoksar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Lahul
Pincode 175140
Area (hectares) 15.14 hectares
Population 15
Male Population 7
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yari Khoksar compares

By the 2011 count Yari Khoksar is the 100th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 15.14 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Yari Khoksar

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

Yari Khoksar 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 Yari Khoksar
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 Yari Khoksar

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 Yari Khoksar

As per the Census of India 2011, Yari Khoksar village had a population of 15. That makes it the 100th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Yari Khoksar village has 7 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yari Khoksar has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Yari Khoksar covers 15.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Yari Khoksar 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Yari Khoksar.

Yari Khoksar 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.

Yari Khoksar 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.

The closest recorded villages are Khangsar (under 2 km), Khoksar (under 2 km) and Sarkhang (under 2 km).

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

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