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About Khojkipur Village

Khojkipur is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 225 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143521, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khojkipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khojkipur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143521
Area (hectares) 176 hectares
Population 410
Male Population 225
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khojkipur compares

By the 2011 count Khojkipur is the 303rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 176 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 910.

Getting to Khojkipur

Khojkipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khojkipur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khojkipur from other places

Khojkipur lies about 26 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Qadian, about 11 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 Khojkipur
Nearest railway station Qadian 11 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 29 km

Villages closest to Khojkipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khojkipur village had a population of 410. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khojkipur village has 225 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khojkipur has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Khojkipur is 143521. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khojkipur covers 176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khojkipur falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khojkipur is Qadian, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khojkipur.

Khojkipur is about 26 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khojkipur is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Qadian is about 11 km away. Gurdaspur is about 26 km away. Batala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kot Khajana (under 2 km), Aulakh (3.3 km) and Kiri Afgana (6.3 km).

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

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