About Kharki Village

Kharki is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 154 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharki village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	311
Male Population	154
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharki compares

By the 2011 count Kharki is the 27th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Kharki

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

Kharki lies about 28 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 Kharki
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	7.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	28 km

Villages closest to Kharki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharki village had a population of 311. That makes it the 27th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Kharki village has 154 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharki has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kharki is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharki covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharki falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kharki notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kharki.

Kharki is about 28 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharki is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 7.8 km away. Shimla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.