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About Khippanwali Village

Khippanwali is a large village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,778, made up of 1,998 males and 1,780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1563 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khippanwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khippanwali village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152121
Area (hectares) 1563 hectares
Population 3,778
Male Population 1,998
Female Population 1,780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khippanwali compares

By the 2011 count Khippanwali is the 20th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 1563 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Khippanwali

Khippanwali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khippanwali 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 Khippanwali from other places

Khippanwali lies about 90 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghallu, 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 Khippanwali
Nearest railway station Ghallu under 2 km
Nearest town Abohar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 19 km
District headquarters Firozpur 90 km

Villages closest to Khippanwali

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 Khippanwali

As per the Census of India 2011, Khippanwali village had a population of 3,778. That makes it the 20th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Khippanwali village has 1,998 males and 1,780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khippanwali has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Khippanwali is 152121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khippanwali covers 1563 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khippanwali falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khippanwali is Ghallu, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khippanwali.

Khippanwali is about 90 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khippanwali is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Ghallu is about under 2 km away. Abohar is about 15 km away. Fazilka is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghallu (2.2 km), Nihal Khera (3.3 km) and Azamwala (3.4 km).

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

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