About Khachran Village

Khachran is a mid sized village in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 829 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khachran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khachran village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Faridkot
Tehsil	Jaitu
Pincode	151202
Area (hectares)	560 hectares
Population	1,501
Male Population	829
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khachran compares

By the 2011 count Khachran is the 38th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 560 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 897.

Getting to Khachran

Khachran is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khachran as Available within 5 - 10 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 Khachran from other places

Khachran lies about 26 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Ajit Gill Matta, 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 Khachran
Nearest railway station	Ajit Gill Matta	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitu	12 km
Nearest town	Jaito	12 km
District headquarters	Faridkot	26 km

Villages closest to Khachran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khachran village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 38th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Khachran village has 829 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khachran has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Khachran is 151202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khachran covers 560 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khachran falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khachran is Ajit Gill Matta, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khachran.

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

Khachran is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Ajit Gill Matta is about 10 km away. Jaitu is about 12 km away. Jaito is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.