About Khalag Village

Khalag is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 159 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	71.23 hectares
Population	294
Male Population	159
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalag compares

By the 2011 count Khalag is the 57th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 71.23 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Khalag

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

Khalag lies about 30 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about 14 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 Khalag
Nearest town	Baddi	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sonwara	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	30 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Khalag

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 Khalag

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalag village had a population of 294. That makes it the 57th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Khalag village has 159 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalag has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Khalag covers 71.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khalag is Sonwara, about 14 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 Khalag.

Khalag is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalag is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Baddi is about 9.8 km away. Sonwara is about 14 km away. Shimla Rural is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.