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About Khawaja Bains Village

Khawaja Bains is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 155 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 619 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khawaja Bains Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khawaja Bains village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143527
Area (hectares) 315 hectares
Population 251
Male Population 155
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 619
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khawaja Bains compares

By the 2011 count Khawaja Bains is the 326th 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 315 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Khawaja Bains

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

Khawaja Bains lies about 33 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Garna Sahib, about 9.3 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 Khawaja Bains
Nearest railway station Garna Sahib 9.3 km
Nearest town Dasūya 10 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 33 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 34 km

Villages closest to Khawaja Bains

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 Khawaja Bains

As per the Census of India 2011, Khawaja Bains village had a population of 251. That makes it the 326th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khawaja Bains village has 155 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khawaja Bains has about 619 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 Khawaja Bains is 143527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khawaja Bains covers 315 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khawaja Bains falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khawaja Bains is Garna Sahib, about 9.3 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 Khawaja Bains.

Khawaja Bains is about 33 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khawaja Bains is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Garna Sahib is about 9.3 km away. Dasūya is about 10 km away. Gurdaspur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhait (2.3 km), Kiri Afgana (3.2 km) and Bahadurpur Rajoa (4.5 km).

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

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