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About Khuranj Village

Khuranj is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,416, made up of 749 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khuranj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khuranj village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Pincode 152033
Area (hectares) 684.1 hectares
Population 1,416
Male Population 749
Female Population 667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khuranj compares

By the 2011 count Khuranj is the 66th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents. Its 684.1 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 919.

Getting to Khuranj

Khuranj 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 Khuranj as Available within 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 Khuranj from other places

Khuranj lies about 60 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Roranwala, about 3.4 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 Khuranj
Nearest railway station Roranwala 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalalabad 16 km
Nearest town Jalālābād 16 km
District headquarters Firozpur 60 km

Villages closest to Khuranj

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalalabad 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 Khuranj

As per the Census of India 2011, Khuranj village had a population of 1,416. That makes it the 66th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents.

Khuranj village has 749 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khuranj 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 919.

The pincode recorded for Khuranj is 152033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khuranj covers 684.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khuranj falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khuranj is Roranwala, about 3.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khuranj.

Khuranj is about 60 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khuranj is in Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district. Roranwala is about 3.4 km away. Jalalabad is about 16 km away. Jalālābād is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Gheruwala (under 2 km), Chak Rohiwala (under 2 km) and Chak Khuranj (2.5 km).

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

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