About Khar Village

Khar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 111 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	124.89 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	111
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar compares

By the 2011 count Khar is the 138th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 124.89 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Khar

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

Khar lies about 26 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 Khar
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	8.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Khar

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 Khar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar village had a population of 220. That makes it the 138th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Khar village has 111 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

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

Khar covers 124.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Khar 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 Khar.

Khar is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 8.4 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.