About Khurik Village

Khurik is a small village in Spiti tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 159, made up of 75 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurik Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurik village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172114
Area (hectares)	274.3 hectares
Population	159
Male Population	75
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurik compares

By the 2011 count Khurik is the 28th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 274.3 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1109.

Getting to Khurik

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

Khurik lies about 95 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 113 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 Khurik
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	28 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	95 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	113 km
Nearest town	Mandi	119 km

Villages closest to Khurik

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurik village had a population of 159. That makes it the 28th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Khurik village has 75 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurik has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Khurik is 172114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurik covers 274.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khurik is Zero Point, about 113 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 Khurik.

Khurik is about 95 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.

Khurik is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 28 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 95 km away. Zero Point is about 113 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.