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About Khetru Village

Khetru is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 152 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khetru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khetru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Jogindarnagar
Pincode 175032
Area (hectares) 189.85 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 152
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khetru compares

By the 2011 count Khetru is the 86th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 189.85 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Khetru

The census records public bus service for Khetru as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kamehr, Karanjh, Kas and Kaunsal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Khetru

As per the Census of India 2011, Khetru village had a population of 312. That makes it the 86th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Khetru village has 152 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khetru has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Khetru is 175032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khetru covers 189.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khetru falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khetru notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khetru.

Khetru is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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