About Khanak Village

Khanak is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 181 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanak village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	212 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	181
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanak compares

By the 2011 count Khanak is the 113th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Khanak

Khanak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khanak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khanak from other places

Khanak lies about 39 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Samba, about 4.8 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 Khanak
Nearest town	Sāmba	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Samba	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	14 km
District headquarters	Kathua	39 km

Villages closest to Khanak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanak village had a population of 349. That makes it the 113th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Khanak village has 181 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanak has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Khanak is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanak covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanak falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khanak is Samba, about 4.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khanak.

Khanak is about 39 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanak is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Samba is about 4.8 km away. Hiranagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.