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About Khad Kanaitan Village

Khad Kanaitan is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 17 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khad Kanaitan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khad Kanaitan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 173221
Area (hectares) 22 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 17
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khad Kanaitan compares

By the 2011 count Khad Kanaitan is the 242nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1020.

Getting to Khad Kanaitan

Khad Kanaitan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khad Kanaitan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khad Kanaitan from other places

Khad Kanaitan lies about 55 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 36 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 Khad Kanaitan
Nearest town Sundarnagar 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Arki 25 km
Nearest railway station Jutogh 36 km
District headquarters Solan 55 km

Villages closest to Khad Kanaitan

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 Khad Kanaitan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khad Kanaitan village had a population of 37. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Khad Kanaitan village has 17 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khad Kanaitan has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Khad Kanaitan is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khad Kanaitan covers 22 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.

Khad Kanaitan falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khad Kanaitan is Jutogh, about 36 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khad Kanaitan.

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

Khad Kanaitan is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Arki is about 25 km away. Jutogh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadjatan (under 2 km), Banoh (2.9 km) and Kasiat (5.1 km).

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

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