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About Kharl Khurd Village

Kharl Khurd is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,073, made up of 553 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharl Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharl Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144202
Area (hectares) 280 hectares
Population 1,073
Male Population 553
Female Population 520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharl Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Kharl Khurd is the 87th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Kharl Khurd

Kharl Khurd 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 Kharl Khurd as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kharl Khurd from other places

Kharl Khurd lies about 26 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Cholang, about 1.5 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 Kharl Khurd
Nearest railway station Cholang 1.5 km
Nearest town Urmar 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 22 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 26 km

Villages closest to Kharl Khurd

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 Kharl Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharl Khurd village had a population of 1,073. That makes it the 87th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Kharl Khurd village has 553 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharl Khurd has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Kharl Khurd is 144202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharl Khurd covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharl Khurd falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kharl Khurd is Cholang, about 1.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kharl Khurd.

Kharl Khurd is about 26 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharl Khurd is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Cholang is about 1.5 km away. Urmar is about 7.7 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 Khokhar (under 2 km), Mohkamgarh (under 2 km) and Jaura (2.1 km).

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

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