About Kharahan Village

Kharahan is a small village in Renuka tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 78 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Renuka
Pincode	173023
Area (hectares)	207 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	78
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharahan compares

By the 2011 count Kharahan is the 68th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 640 residents. Its 207 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Kharahan

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

Kharahan lies about 14 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 42 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 Kharahan
Tehsil headquarters	Renuka	14 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	14 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	34 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	42 km

Villages closest to Kharahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharahan village had a population of 161. That makes it the 68th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 640 residents.

Kharahan village has 78 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharahan has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Kharahan is 173023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharahan covers 207 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharahan falls under Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kharahan is Salogra, about 42 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 Kharahan.

Kharahan is about 14 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharahan is in Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district. Renuka is about 14 km away. Sirmaur is about 14 km away. Nāhan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.