About Kharan Village

Kharan is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 199 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	174202
Area (hectares)	50.24 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	199
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharan compares

By the 2011 count Kharan is the 25th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 50.24 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Kharan

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

Kharan lies about 41 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 Kharan
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	4.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	41 km

Villages closest to Kharan

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 Kharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharan village had a population of 398. That makes it the 25th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Kharan village has 199 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Kharan is 174202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharan covers 50.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Kharan 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 Kharan.

Kharan is about 41 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharan is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 4.3 km away. Shimla is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.