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About Khara Paani Village

Khara Paani is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 43 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khara Paani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khara Paani village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Rohru
Pincode 171224
Area (hectares) 185.89 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 43
Female Population 43
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 Khara Paani compares

By the 2011 count Khara Paani is the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 185.89 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Khara Paani

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

Khara Paani lies about 26 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 Khara Paani
District headquarters Shimla 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Rohru 32 km

Villages closest to Khara Paani

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 Khara Paani

As per the Census of India 2011, Khara Paani village had a population of 86. That makes it the 97th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Khara Paani village has 43 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khara Paani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

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

Khara Paani covers 185.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khara Paani falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khara Paani 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 Khara Paani.

Khara Paani is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khara Paani is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 26 km away. Rohru is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jkhar (under 2 km), Kutu (8.9 km) and Kerasa (8.9 km).

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

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