About Nihal Khera Village

Nihal Khera is one of the larger villages in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,394, made up of 2,940 males and 2,454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1425 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nihal Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nihal Khera village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Fazilka
Pincode	152122
Area (hectares)	1425 hectares
Population	5,394
Male Population	2,940
Female Population	2,454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nihal Khera compares

By the 2011 count Nihal Khera is the 7th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 1425 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 913.

Getting to Nihal Khera

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

Nihal Khera lies about 90 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Chuhriwala Dhan, about 2.2 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 Nihal Khera
Nearest railway station	Chuhriwala Dhan	2.2 km
Nearest town	Abohar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fazilka	21 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	90 km

Villages closest to Nihal 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.

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Common questions about Nihal Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Nihal Khera village had a population of 5,394. That makes it the 7th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Nihal Khera village has 2,940 males and 2,454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nihal Khera has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Nihal Khera is 152122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nihal Khera covers 1425 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nihal Khera is Chuhriwala Dhan, about 2.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Nihal Khera.

Nihal Khera 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.

Nihal Khera is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Chuhriwala Dhan is about 2.2 km away. Abohar is about 12 km away. Fazilka is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.