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About Khokhar Village

Khokhar is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,091, made up of 575 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144203
Area (hectares) 215 hectares
Population 1,091
Male Population 575
Female Population 516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khokhar compares

By the 2011 count Khokhar is the 80th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 984.

Getting to Khokhar

Khokhar 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 Khokhar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokhar from other places

Khokhar lies about 27 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Cholang, about under 2 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 Khokhar
Nearest railway station Cholang under 2 km
Nearest town Urmar 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 22 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 27 km

Villages closest to Khokhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Khokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhar village had a population of 1,091. That makes it the 80th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Khokhar village has 575 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhar has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khokhar is 144203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhar covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhar falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhar is Cholang, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khokhar.

Khokhar is about 27 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhar is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Cholang is about under 2 km away. Urmar is about 6.8 km away. Dasua is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharl Khurd (under 2 km), Raipur (under 2 km) and Mohkamgarh (under 2 km).

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

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