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About Khanaula Village

Khanaula is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 109 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanaula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanaula village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Rohru
Pincode 171224
Area (hectares) 219.32 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 109
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 780
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanaula compares

By the 2011 count Khanaula is the 76th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 219.32 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Khanaula

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

Khanaula lies about 43 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 Khanaula
Tehsil headquarters Rohru 27 km
District headquarters Shimla 43 km

Villages closest to Khanaula

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

Common questions about Khanaula

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanaula village had a population of 194. That makes it the 76th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Khanaula village has 109 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanaula has about 780 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Khanaula is 171224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanaula covers 219.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanaula falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khanaula 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 Khanaula.

Khanaula is about 43 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanaula is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 27 km away. Shimla is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Khanaula (under 2 km), Chunjar (2.9 km) and Bajauri (3.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khanaula today is likely to be higher.

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