About Khasha Dhar Village

Khasha Dhar is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,126, made up of 569 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 825.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khasha Dhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khasha Dhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171208
Area (hectares)	825.67 hectares
Population	1,126
Male Population	569
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khasha Dhar compares

By the 2011 count Khasha Dhar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 825.67 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Khasha Dhar

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

Khasha Dhar lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.5 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 Khasha Dhar
Nearest town	Solan	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Khasha Dhar

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 Khasha Dhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khasha Dhar village had a population of 1,126. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Khasha Dhar village has 569 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khasha Dhar has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

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

Khasha Dhar covers 825.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khasha Dhar falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khasha Dhar is Salogra, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance for Khasha Dhar.

Khasha Dhar is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khasha Dhar is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 7.5 km away. Chirgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.