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About Khiuncha Village

Khiuncha is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 34 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 559 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2747 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiuncha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiuncha village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Rampur
Pincode 172101
Area (hectares) 2747 hectares
Population 53
Male Population 34
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 559
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiuncha compares

By the 2011 count Khiuncha is the 141st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 2747 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Khiuncha

Khiuncha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khiuncha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Khiuncha from other places

Khiuncha lies about 82 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 Khiuncha
Tehsil headquarters Rampur 24 km
Nearest town Mandi 82 km
District headquarters Shimla 82 km

Villages closest to Khiuncha

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.

Common questions about Khiuncha

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiuncha village had a population of 53. That makes it the 141st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Khiuncha village has 34 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiuncha has about 559 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Khiuncha is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiuncha covers 2747 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Khiuncha 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 10+ km distance for Khiuncha.

Khiuncha is about 82 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiuncha is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 24 km away. Mandi is about 82 km away. Shimla is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Khiuncha I (under 2 km), D P F Khiuncha Ii (under 2 km) and Kut (2.5 km).

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

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