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About Khaniuri Village

Khaniuri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 97 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaniuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaniuri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 51.95 hectares
Population 194
Male Population 97
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khaniuri compares

By the 2011 count Khaniuri is the 165th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 51.95 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Khaniuri

Khaniuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khaniuri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khaniuri from other places

Khaniuri lies about 44 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 Khaniuri
Tehsil headquarters Theog 26 km
District headquarters Shimla 44 km

Villages closest to Khaniuri

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.

Common questions about Khaniuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaniuri village had a population of 194. That makes it the 165th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Khaniuri village has 97 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaniuri 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 Khaniuri is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaniuri covers 51.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Khaniuri 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 <5 km distance for Khaniuri.

Khaniuri is about 44 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaniuri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 26 km away. Shimla is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhelogar (5.9 km), Shirgal (6.1 km) and Shirgali (6.1 km).

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

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