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About Kikar Khera Village

Kikar Khera is one of the larger villages in Abohar tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,068, made up of 2,676 males and 2,392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1527.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kikar Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kikar Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Abohar
Pincode 152116
Area (hectares) 1527.74 hectares
Population 5,068
Male Population 2,676
Female Population 2,392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kikar Khera compares

By the 2011 count Kikar Khera is the 14th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents. Its 1527.74 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Kikar Khera

Kikar Khera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kikar Khera 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kikar Khera from other places

Kikar Khera lies about 103 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Kilanwali Punjab, about 8.1 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 Kikar Khera
Tehsil headquarters Abohar 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Kilanwali Punjab 8.1 km
District headquarters Firozpur 103 km

Villages closest to Kikar Khera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Abohar 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 Kikar Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Kikar Khera village had a population of 5,068. That makes it the 14th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents.

Kikar Khera village has 2,676 males and 2,392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kikar Khera has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Kikar Khera is 152116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kikar Khera covers 1527.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kikar Khera falls under Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kikar Khera is Kilanwali Punjab, about 8.1 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 village for Kikar Khera.

Kikar Khera is about 103 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kikar Khera is in Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district. Abohar is about 7.7 km away. Kilanwali Punjab is about 8.1 km away. Firozpur is about 103 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandhwala Amarkot (2.2 km), Dharampura (4.3 km) and Ramsara (4.7 km).

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

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