About Khanar Village

Khanar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 132 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	264.47 hectares
Population	258
Male Population	132
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanar compares

By the 2011 count Khanar is the 100th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 264.47 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Khanar

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

Khanar lies about 24 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 Khanar
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	24 km

Villages closest to Khanar

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 Khanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanar village had a population of 258. That makes it the 100th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Khanar village has 132 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanar has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Khanar covers 264.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Khanar 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 Khanar.

Khanar is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.