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About Khala Village

Khala is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 51 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khala village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145023
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 111
Male Population 51
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
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 Khala compares

By the 2011 count Khala is the 303rd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Khala

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

Khala lies about 42 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about 2.9 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 Khala
Nearest railway station Madhopur Punjab 2.9 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 11 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 42 km

Villages closest to Khala

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 Khala

As per the Census of India 2011, Khala village had a population of 111. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Khala village has 51 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khala has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Khala is 145023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khala covers 143 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.

Khala falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khala is Madhopur Punjab, about 2.9 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 Khala.

Khala is about 42 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khala is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Madhopur Punjab is about 2.9 km away. Sujānpur is about 6.1 km away. Pathankot is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadhauri (under 2 km), Kamwal (under 2 km) and Harur (2.0 km).

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

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