About Khangta Village

Khangta is a mid sized village in Tikar tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 683 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 693 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khangta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khangta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Tikar
Pincode	171203
Area (hectares)	271 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	683
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	693
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khangta compares

By the 2011 count Khangta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 271 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 926.

Getting to Khangta

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

Khangta lies about 55 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Khangta
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tikar	27 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	39 km
District headquarters	Shimla	55 km

Villages closest to Khangta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khangta village had a population of 1,156. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Khangta village has 683 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khangta has about 693 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Khangta is 171203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khangta covers 271 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khangta falls under Tikar tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khangta is Olinda, about 39 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 Khangta.

Khangta is about 55 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khangta is in Tikar tehsil of Shimla district. Sundarnagar is about 9.8 km away. Tikar is about 27 km away. Olinda is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.