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About Khawaja Wardag Village

Khawaja Wardag is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 734 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khawaja Wardag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khawaja Wardag village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode 143511
Area (hectares) 312 hectares
Population 1,348
Male Population 734
Female Population 614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
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 Khawaja Wardag compares

By the 2011 count Khawaja Wardag is the 22nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 312 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 899.

Getting to Khawaja Wardag

Khawaja Wardag is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khawaja Wardag 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 Khawaja Wardag from other places

Khawaja Wardag lies about 32 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dera Baba Nanak, about 10 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 Wardag
Nearest railway station Dera Baba Nanak 10 km
Nearest town Batāla 20 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 32 km

Villages closest to Khawaja Wardag

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Wardag

As per the Census of India 2011, Khawaja Wardag village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Khawaja Wardag village has 734 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khawaja Wardag has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Khawaja Wardag is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khawaja Wardag covers 312 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khawaja Wardag falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khawaja Wardag is Dera Baba Nanak, about 10 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 Khawaja Wardag.

Khawaja Wardag is about 32 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khawaja Wardag is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Dera Baba Nanak is about 10 km away. Batāla is about 20 km away. Gurdaspur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhilwan (under 2 km), Ali Nangal (1.7 km) and Kotli Surat Malhi (2.1 km).

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

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