About Kharachli Village

Kharachli is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 255 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharachli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharachli village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	255
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharachli compares

By the 2011 count Kharachli is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 944.

Getting to Kharachli

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

Kharachli lies about 50 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 Kharachli
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Kharachli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharachli village had a population of 478. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kharachli village has 255 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharachli has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Kharachli is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharachli covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharachli falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kharachli 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 Kharachli.

Kharachli is about 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharachli is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.