About Khar Village

Khar 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 121, made up of 62 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172117
Area (hectares)	361.48 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	62
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar compares

By the 2011 count Khar is the 37th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 361.48 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Khar

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

Khar lies about 113 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 116 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 Khar
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	15 km
Nearest town	Mandi	113 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	113 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	116 km

Villages closest to Khar

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 Khar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar village had a population of 121. That makes it the 37th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Khar village has 62 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Khar is 172117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khar covers 361.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khar is Zero Point, about 116 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 Khar.

Khar is about 113 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.

Khar is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 15 km away. Mandi is about 113 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 113 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.