About Khanwal Village

Khanwal is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 754 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143102
Area (hectares)	245 hectares
Population	1,440
Male Population	754
Female Population	686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanwal compares

By the 2011 count Khanwal is the 89th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 245 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 912.

Getting to Khanwal

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

Khanwal lies about 26 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Fatehgarh Churian, about 8.8 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 Khanwal
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	8.2 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Fatehgarh Churian	8.8 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	26 km

Villages closest to Khanwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanwal village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 89th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Khanwal village has 754 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanwal has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Khanwal is 143102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanwal covers 245 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanwal falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khanwal is Fatehgarh Churian, about 8.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanwal.

Khanwal is about 26 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanwal is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ajnala is about 8.2 km away. Ajnāla is about 8.2 km away. Fatehgarh Churian is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.