About Khashkandi Village

Khashkandi is a mid sized village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 623, made up of 304 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khashkandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khashkandi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	306 hectares
Population	623
Male Population	304
Female Population	319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khashkandi compares

By the 2011 count Khashkandi is the 24th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 306 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Khashkandi

Khashkandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khashkandi as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khashkandi from other places

Khashkandi lies about 57 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 Khashkandi
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	6.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Khashkandi

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.

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Common questions about Khashkandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khashkandi village had a population of 623. That makes it the 24th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Khashkandi village has 304 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khashkandi has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Khashkandi is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khashkandi covers 306 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Khashkandi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khashkandi.

Khashkandi is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khashkandi is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 6.5 km away. Shimla is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.