About Khanwach Village

Khanwach is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 233 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanwach Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanwach village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175054
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	233
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Khanwach compares

By the 2011 count Khanwach is the 32nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Khanwach

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

Khanwach lies about 22 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 51 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 Khanwach
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	8.6 km
District headquarters	Mandi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	51 km

Villages closest to Khanwach

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanwach village had a population of 452. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Khanwach village has 233 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanwach has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Khanwach is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanwach covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanwach falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khanwach is Buffer Stop, about 51 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanwach.

Khanwach is about 22 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanwach is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 8.6 km away. Mandi is about 22 km away. Buffer Stop is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.