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About Karni Khera Village

Karni Khera is a large village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,890, made up of 1,994 males and 1,896 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1029 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karni Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karni Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152123
Area (hectares) 1029 hectares
Population 3,890
Male Population 1,994
Female Population 1,896
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 951
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karni Khera compares

By the 2011 count Karni Khera is the 19th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 1029 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Karni Khera

Karni Khera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karni Khera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Karni Khera from other places

Karni Khera lies about 86 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jandwala, about 4.9 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 Karni Khera
Nearest railway station Jandwala 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 5.7 km
District headquarters Firozpur 86 km

Villages closest to Karni Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karni Khera village had a population of 3,890. That makes it the 19th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Karni Khera village has 1,994 males and 1,896 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karni Khera has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Karni Khera is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karni Khera covers 1029 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karni Khera falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Karni Khera is Jandwala, about 4.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karni Khera.

Karni Khera is about 86 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karni Khera is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Jandwala is about 4.9 km away. Fazilka is about 5.7 km away. Firozpur is about 86 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Asafwala (2.3 km), Kabul Shah Hithar (2.6 km) and Odian (2.7 km).

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

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