About Khorsu Village

Khorsu is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 126 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khorsu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khorsu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	126
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khorsu compares

By the 2011 count Khorsu is the 66th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Khorsu

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

Khorsu lies about 62 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 62 km away. 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 Khorsu
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	31 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	56 km
District headquarters	Shimla	62 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	62 km

Villages closest to Khorsu

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 Khorsu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khorsu village had a population of 262. That makes it the 66th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Khorsu village has 126 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khorsu has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

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

Khorsu covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khorsu is Salogra, about 62 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Khorsu.

Khorsu is about 62 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khorsu is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 31 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 56 km away. Shimla is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.