About Khera Village

Khera is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 27 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	173218
Area (hectares)	76 hectares
Population	51
Male Population	27
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 177th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Khera

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

Khera lies about 24 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kalka, about 8.6 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 Khera
Nearest railway station	Kalka	8.6 km
Nearest town	Kālka	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	24 km
District headquarters	Solan	24 km

Villages closest to Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 51. That makes it the 177th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Khera village has 27 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khera falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Kalka, about 8.6 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 Khera.

Khera is about 24 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Kalka is about 8.6 km away. Kālka is about 9.3 km away. Ramshahr is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.