About Khela Village

Khela is a mid sized village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 367 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khela village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143407
Area (hectares)	180 hectares
Population	678
Male Population	367
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khela compares

By the 2011 count Khela is the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 180 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Khela

Khela is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khela as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khela from other places

Khela lies about 23 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Tangra, about 3.1 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 Khela
Nearest railway station	Tangra	3.1 km
Nearest town	Jandiāla Gurū	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	23 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	23 km

Villages closest to Khela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Khela

As per the Census of India 2011, Khela village had a population of 678. That makes it the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Khela village has 367 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khela has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Khela is 143407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khela covers 180 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khela falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khela is Tangra, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khela.

Khela is about 23 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khela is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Tangra is about 3.1 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 7.0 km away. Amritsar I is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.