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About Khadin Village

Khadin is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 232 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khadin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadin village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173220
Area (hectares) 117.73 hectares
Population 434
Male Population 232
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khadin compares

By the 2011 count Khadin is the 23rd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 117.73 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 912.

Getting to Khadin

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

Khadin lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Gumman, about 2.0 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 Khadin
Nearest railway station Gumman 2.0 km
Nearest town Kālka 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 8.2 km
District headquarters Solan 16 km

Villages closest to Khadin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadin village had a population of 434. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Khadin village has 232 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadin has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Khadin is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khadin covers 117.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khadin falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khadin is Gumman, about 2.0 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 Khadin.

Khadin is about 16 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khadin is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Gumman is about 2.0 km away. Kālka is about 3.7 km away. Kasauli is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jodhpur (under 2 km), Mohal Guman (1.7 km) and Sandhog (1.7 km).

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

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