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About Koil Khera Village

Koil Khera is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,728, made up of 917 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koil Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koil Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152128
Area (hectares) 724 hectares
Population 1,728
Male Population 917
Female Population 811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Koil Khera compares

By the 2011 count Koil Khera is the 82nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 724 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 Koil Khera

Koil Khera is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Koil 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Koil Khera from other places

Koil Khera lies about 107 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Bakayanwala, 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 Koil Khera
Nearest railway station Bakayanwala under 2 km
Nearest town Abohar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 30 km
District headquarters Firozpur 107 km

Villages closest to Koil 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 Koil Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Koil Khera village had a population of 1,728. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Koil Khera village has 917 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koil Khera has about 884 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 Koil Khera is 152128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koil Khera covers 724 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Koil Khera is Bakayanwala, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Koil Khera.

Koil Khera is about 107 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koil Khera is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Bakayanwala is about under 2 km away. Abohar is about 20 km away. Fazilka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotha Alias Lukmanpura (3.3 km), Bakainwala (3.5 km) and Rupnagar (8.5 km).

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

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