About Khabal Village

Khabal is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 210 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khabal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khabal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171208
Area (hectares)	560 hectares
Population	406
Male Population	210
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khabal compares

By the 2011 count Khabal is the 46th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 560 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Khabal

Khabal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khabal as Available within village. 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 Khabal from other places

Khabal lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 17 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 Khabal
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	19 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Khabal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khabal village had a population of 406. That makes it the 46th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Khabal village has 210 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khabal has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Khabal is 171208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khabal covers 560 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khabal falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khabal is Jutogh, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khabal.

Khabal is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khabal is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 17 km away. Chirgaon is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.