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About Khinna Village

Khinna is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 47 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khinna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khinna village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173217
Area (hectares) 21.38 hectares
Population 94
Male Population 47
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Khinna compares

By the 2011 count Khinna is the 133rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 21.38 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Khinna

Khinna is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khinna 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 Khinna from other places

Khinna lies about 34 km from Solan. 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 Khinna
Nearest town Shimla 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 33 km
District headquarters Solan 34 km

Villages closest to Khinna

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 Khinna

As per the Census of India 2011, Khinna village had a population of 94. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Khinna village has 47 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khinna has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Khinna is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khinna covers 21.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Khinna notes the nearest railway station 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 Khinna.

Khinna is about 34 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khinna is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 30 km away. Kandaghat is about 33 km away. Solan 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 Balangar (4.6 km), Balangrur Rehan (4.6 km) and Balawala (4.6 km).

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

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