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About Khangar Village

Khangar is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 24 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,208 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khangar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 171102
Area (hectares) 19 hectares
Population 53
Male Population 24
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,208
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khangar compares

By the 2011 count Khangar is the 217th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 19 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Khangar

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

Khangar lies about 63 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 Khangar
Nearest town Sundarnagar 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Arki 33 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 34 km
District headquarters Solan 63 km

Villages closest to Khangar

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

Common questions about Khangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khangar village had a population of 53. That makes it the 217th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Khangar village has 24 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khangar has about 1208 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khangar is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khangar covers 19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khangar falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khangar is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 Khangar.

Khangar is about 63 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khangar is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 17 km away. Arki is about 33 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Ghani Dal (4.1 km), Chandpur (6.7 km) and Simun (7.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khangar today is likely to be higher.

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