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About Khadar Village

Khadar is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 73 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173215
Area (hectares) 53.83 hectares
Population 129
Male Population 73
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 767
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khadar compares

By the 2011 count Khadar is the 97th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 53.83 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Khadar

The census records public bus service for Khadar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khadar from other places

Khadar lies about 5.5 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about under 2 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 Khadar
Nearest railway station Kandaghat under 2 km
District headquarters Solan 5.5 km

Villages closest to Khadar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadar village had a population of 129. That makes it the 97th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Khadar village has 73 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadar has about 767 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Khadar is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khadar covers 53.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khadar falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khadar is Kandaghat, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Khadar.

Khadar is about 5.5 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadar is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahi (under 2 km), Tikkar (under 2 km) and Tikkari (under 2 km).

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

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