About Khelag Village

Khelag is a small village in Dharmpur tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 123 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khelag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Dharmpur
Pincode	175025
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	257
Male Population	123
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khelag compares

By the 2011 count Khelag is the 61st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1126.

Getting to Khelag

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

Khelag lies about 64 km from Mandi. 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 Khelag
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmpur	15 km
Nearest town	Shimla	31 km
District headquarters	Mandi	64 km

Villages closest to Khelag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelag village had a population of 257. That makes it the 61st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Khelag village has 123 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelag has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1126.

The pincode recorded for Khelag is 175025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khelag covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khelag falls under Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khelag notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khelag.

Khelag is about 64 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelag is in Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district. Dharmpur is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 31 km away. Mandi is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.