About D P F Khanar Village

D P F Khanar is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 16 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Khanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Khanar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	306.42 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	16
Female Population	19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,188
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 D P F Khanar compares

By the 2011 count D P F Khanar is the 55th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 306.42 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to D P F Khanar

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

D P F Khanar lies about 24 km from Shimla. 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 D P F Khanar
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	24 km
District headquarters	Shimla	24 km

Villages closest to D P F Khanar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheta 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 D P F Khanar

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Khanar village had a population of 35. That makes it the 55th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

D P F Khanar village has 16 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Khanar has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for D P F Khanar is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Khanar covers 306.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Khanar falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for D P F Khanar 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 D P F Khanar.

D P F Khanar is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Khanar is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Cheta is about 24 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.