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About Khal Boot Village

Khal Boot is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 127 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Boot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal Boot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Padhar
Pincode 175005
Area (hectares) 202.02 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 127
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khal Boot compares

By the 2011 count Khal Boot is the 77th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 202.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Khal Boot

Khal Boot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khal Boot as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khal Boot from other places

Khal Boot lies about 43 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 44 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 Khal Boot
Tehsil headquarters Padhar 28 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 38 km
District headquarters Mandi 43 km
Nearest railway station Shimla 44 km

Villages closest to Khal Boot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Padhar 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 Khal Boot

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal Boot village had a population of 256. That makes it the 77th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Khal Boot village has 127 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khal Boot has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Khal Boot is 175005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khal Boot covers 202.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khal Boot falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khal Boot is Shimla, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khal Boot.

Khal Boot is about 43 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal Boot is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Padhar is about 28 km away. Sundarnagar is about 38 km away. Mandi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Putakhal (under 2 km), Khalail (under 2 km) and Putakhal (under 2 km).

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

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