About Khanet Village

Khanet is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 43 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanet village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	16.48 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	43
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,163
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanet compares

By the 2011 count Khanet is the 257th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 16.48 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Khanet

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

Khanet lies about 9.5 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 Khanet
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	9.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	9.5 km

Villages closest to Khanet

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Khanet

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanet village had a population of 93. That makes it the 257th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Khanet village has 43 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanet has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Khanet is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanet covers 16.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanet falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khanet 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 village for Khanet.

Khanet is about 9.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanet is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 9.5 km away. Shimla is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.