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About Khaddi Village

Khaddi is a mid sized village in Bashohli tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 708, made up of 369 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khaddi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khaddi village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Bashohli
Pincode 184201
Area (hectares) 553 hectares
Population 708
Male Population 369
Female Population 339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
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 Khaddi compares

By the 2011 count Khaddi is the 34th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents. Its 553 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 902.

Getting to Khaddi

Khaddi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Khaddi 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 Khaddi from other places

Khaddi lies about 15 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about 9.7 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 Khaddi
Nearest railway station Madhopur Punjab 9.7 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 13 km
District headquarters Kathua 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bashohli 16 km

Villages closest to Khaddi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khaddi village had a population of 708. That makes it the 34th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,720 residents.

Khaddi village has 369 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khaddi has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

The pincode recorded for Khaddi is 184201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khaddi covers 553 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khaddi falls under Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khaddi is Madhopur Punjab, about 9.7 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 Khaddi.

Khaddi is about 15 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khaddi is in Bashohli tehsil of Kathua district. Madhopur Punjab is about 9.7 km away. Sujānpur is about 13 km away. Kathua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathi (7.5 km), Smahn (7.8 km) and Danna (8.3 km).

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

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