About Kahan Village

Kahan is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 268 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 448 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173024
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	268
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	448
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kahan compares

By the 2011 count Kahan is the 22nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Kahan

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

Kahan lies about 21 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 25 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 Kahan
Nearest town	Nāhan	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	21 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	25 km

Villages closest to Kahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kahan village had a population of 388. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Kahan village has 268 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kahan has about 448 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Kahan is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kahan covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kahan falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kahan is Barog, about 25 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 Kahan.

Kahan is about 21 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kahan is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 17 km away. Pachhad is about 21 km away. Sirmaur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.