About Khanortu Village

Khanortu is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 43 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanortu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanortu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172022
Area (hectares)	107.17 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	43
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,093
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanortu compares

By the 2011 count Khanortu is the 133rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 107.17 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 962.

Getting to Khanortu

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

Khanortu lies about 60 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 Khanortu
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	9.9 km
District headquarters	Shimla	60 km

Villages closest to Khanortu

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 Khanortu

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanortu village had a population of 90. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Khanortu village has 43 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanortu has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khanortu is 172022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanortu covers 107.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Khanortu 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 Khanortu.

Khanortu is about 60 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanortu is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 9.9 km away. Shimla is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.