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About Khush Nagar Village

Khush Nagar is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 677 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khush Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khush Nagar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 143534
Area (hectares) 246 hectares
Population 1,294
Male Population 677
Female Population 617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khush Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Khush Nagar is the 84th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Khush Nagar

Khush Nagar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khush Nagar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khush Nagar from other places

Khush Nagar lies about 23 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 6.0 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 Khush Nagar
Nearest railway station Jakolari 6.0 km
Nearest town Dīnānagar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 17 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 23 km

Villages closest to Khush Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 Khush Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khush Nagar village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 84th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Khush Nagar village has 677 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khush Nagar has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Khush Nagar is 143534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khush Nagar covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khush Nagar falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khush Nagar is Jakolari, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khush Nagar.

Khush Nagar is about 23 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khush Nagar is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jakolari is about 6.0 km away. Dīnānagar is about 11 km away. Pathankot is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohaura Kalan (under 2 km), Sohaura Khurd (under 2 km) and Jhela Amda Shakargarh (1.5 km).

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

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