About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Amritsar II tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 280 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143410, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar II
Pincode	143410
Area (hectares)	202 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	280
Female Population	253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 891.

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 5 - 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 22 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Gurusar Sutlani, about 6.3 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	Gurusar Sutlani	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar II	22 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	22 km

Villages closest to Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar II 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 533. That makes it the 85th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents.

Khera village has 280 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 143410. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Gurusar Sutlani, about 6.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khera.

Khera is about 22 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district. Gurusar Sutlani is about 6.3 km away. Amritsar II is about 22 km away. Amritsar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.