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About Khokharwal Village

Khokharwal is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,005, made up of 534 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokharwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokharwal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143515
Area (hectares) 293 hectares
Population 1,005
Male Population 534
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokharwal compares

By the 2011 count Khokharwal is the 180th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 293 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 910.

Getting to Khokharwal

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

Khokharwal lies about 35 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Qadian, about 14 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 Khokharwal
Nearest railway station Qadian 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 28 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 35 km

Villages closest to Khokharwal

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 Khokharwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokharwal village had a population of 1,005. That makes it the 180th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khokharwal village has 534 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokharwal has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Khokharwal is 143515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokharwal covers 293 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokharwal falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokharwal is Qadian, about 14 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 Khokharwal.

Khokharwal is about 35 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokharwal is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Qadian is about 14 km away. Batala is about 28 km away. Gurdaspur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gilbob (under 2 km), Gill (under 2 km) and Mari Panwan (under 2 km).

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

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