About Khanewali Village

Khanewali is a mid sized village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 252 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanewali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanewali village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172001
Area (hectares)	387.93 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	252
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanewali compares

By the 2011 count Khanewali is the 44th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 387.93 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Khanewali

Khanewali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khanewali as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khanewali from other places

Khanewali lies about 49 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 Khanewali
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	21 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	48 km
District headquarters	Shimla	49 km

Villages closest to Khanewali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanewali village had a population of 500. That makes it the 44th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Khanewali village has 252 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanewali has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khanewali is 172001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanewali covers 387.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanewali falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khanewali 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khanewali.

Khanewali is about 49 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanewali is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 21 km away. Sundarnagar is about 48 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.