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About Khokhowal Village

Khokhowal is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 121 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 405026
Area (hectares) 200 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 121
Female Population 100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokhowal compares

By the 2011 count Khokhowal is the 327th 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 200 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Khokhowal

Khokhowal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khokhowal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Khokhowal from other places

Khokhowal lies about 47 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dhilwan, 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 Khokhowal
Nearest railway station Dhilwan 14 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 28 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 47 km

Villages closest to Khokhowal

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 Khokhowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhowal village had a population of 221. That makes it the 327th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Khokhowal village has 121 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhowal has about 826 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 Khokhowal is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhowal covers 200 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khokhowal falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhowal is Dhilwan, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khokhowal.

Khokhowal is about 47 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhowal is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Dhilwan is about 14 km away. Kartārpur is about 22 km away. Batala is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapura (1.7 km), Balarwal (2.8 km) and Padda (3.7 km).

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

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