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About Khera Thanewal Village

Khera Thanewal is a mid sized village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 258 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Thanewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera Thanewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143205
Area (hectares) 155 hectares
Population 515
Male Population 258
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera Thanewal compares

By the 2011 count Khera Thanewal is the 129th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Khera Thanewal

Khera Thanewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khera Thanewal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khera Thanewal from other places

Khera Thanewal lies about 44 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Beas Junction, about 10 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 Thanewal
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Beas Junction 10 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 23 km
District headquarters Amritsar 44 km

Villages closest to Khera Thanewal

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.

Common questions about Khera Thanewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera Thanewal village had a population of 515. That makes it the 129th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Khera Thanewal village has 258 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera Thanewal has about 996 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 Thanewal is 143205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera Thanewal covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khera Thanewal is Beas Junction, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khera Thanewal.

Khera Thanewal is about 44 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera Thanewal is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Baba Bakala is about 9.0 km away. Beas Junction is about 10 km away. Kartārpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaini Ramdyal (under 2 km), Khanpur (under 2 km) and Jhalari (under 2 km).

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

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