About Khilian Village

Khilian is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 883, made up of 463 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khilian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khilian village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	222.94 hectares
Population	883
Male Population	463
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khilian compares

By the 2011 count Khilian is the 27th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 222.94 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Khilian

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

Khilian lies about 53 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 8.4 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 Khilian
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	17 km
Nearest town	Ropar	26 km
District headquarters	Solan	53 km

Villages closest to Khilian

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

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Common questions about Khilian

As per the Census of India 2011, Khilian village had a population of 883. That makes it the 27th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Khilian village has 463 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khilian has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Khilian is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khilian covers 222.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khilian falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khilian is Kiratpur Sahib, about 8.4 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 Khilian.

Khilian is about 53 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khilian is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 8.4 km away. Nalagarh is about 17 km away. Ropar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.