About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 900, made up of 455 males and 445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143119, 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	Baba Bakala
Pincode	143119
Area (hectares)	140 hectares
Population	900
Male Population	455
Female Population	445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
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 Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 103rd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Khera

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

Khera lies about 63 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Khojewala, about under 2 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	Khojewala	under 2 km
Nearest town	Kapurthala Town	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baba Bakala	28 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	63 km

Villages closest to Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala 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 900. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Khera village has 455 males and 445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 143119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khera falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Khojewala, about under 2 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 Khera.

Khera is about 63 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 Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Khojewala is about under 2 km away. Kapurthala Town is about 8.0 km away. Baba Bakala is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.