About Khalantu Village

Khalantu is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 77 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalantu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalantu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	133.89 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	77
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalantu compares

By the 2011 count Khalantu is the 201st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 133.89 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Khalantu

Khalantu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khalantu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khalantu from other places

Khalantu lies about 30 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 Khalantu
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Khalantu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalantu village had a population of 154. That makes it the 201st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Khalantu village has 77 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalantu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Khalantu is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalantu covers 133.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khalantu falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Khalantu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khalantu.

Khalantu 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.

Khalantu is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.