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About Khanoch Village

Khanoch is a small village in Karsog tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 31 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanoch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanoch village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Karsog
Pincode 171303
Area (hectares) 107.89 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 31
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanoch compares

By the 2011 count Khanoch is the 299th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 199 residents. Its 107.89 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khanoch

Khanoch is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khanoch as Available within 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 Khanoch from other places

Khanoch lies about 58 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 Khanoch
Tehsil headquarters Karsog 14 km
Nearest town Shimla 22 km
District headquarters Mandi 58 km

Villages closest to Khanoch

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanoch village had a population of 57. That makes it the 299th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 199 residents.

Khanoch village has 31 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanoch has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khanoch is 171303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanoch covers 107.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanoch falls under Karsog tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanoch.

Khanoch is about 58 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanoch is in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district. Karsog is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 22 km away. Mandi is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parlog (under 2 km), Baral (2.3 km) and Galed (2.6 km).

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

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