About Khalet Village

Khalet is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 79 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 658 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalet village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172021
Area (hectares)	35 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	79
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	658
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalet compares

By the 2011 count Khalet is the 68th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Khalet

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

Khalet lies about 39 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 Khalet
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	6.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	39 km

Villages closest to Khalet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalet village had a population of 131. That makes it the 68th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Khalet village has 79 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalet has about 658 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Khalet is 172021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalet covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khalet falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khalet 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 Khalet.

Khalet is about 39 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalet is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 6.4 km away. Shimla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.