About Khur Village

Khur is a mid sized village in Renuka tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 514 males and 492 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 717.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Renuka
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	717.93 hectares
Population	1,006
Male Population	514
Female Population	492
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khur compares

By the 2011 count Khur is the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 640 residents. Its 717.93 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 957.

Getting to Khur

Khur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Khur from other places

Khur lies about 8.5 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 47 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 Khur
Tehsil headquarters	Renuka	8.5 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	8.5 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	22 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	47 km

Villages closest to Khur

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 Khur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khur village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 640 residents.

Khur village has 514 males and 492 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khur has about 957 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 957.

The pincode recorded for Khur is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khur covers 717.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khur is Salogra, about 47 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khur.

Khur is about 8.5 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khur is in Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district. Renuka is about 8.5 km away. Sirmaur is about 8.5 km away. Nāhan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.