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About Khepar Village

Khepar is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 45 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khepar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khepar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 136 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 45
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khepar compares

By the 2011 count Khepar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khepar

Khepar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khepar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khepar from other places

Khepar lies about 45 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 7.7 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 Khepar
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 7.2 km
Nearest town Dasūya 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Dasuya 7.7 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 45 km

Villages closest to Khepar

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 Khepar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khepar village had a population of 86. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Khepar village has 45 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khepar has about 911 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 Khepar is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khepar covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khepar falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khepar is Dasuya, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khepar.

Khepar is about 45 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khepar is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasua is about 7.2 km away. Dasūya is about 7.2 km away. Dasuya is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalewal (under 2 km), Budhu Barkat (under 2 km) and Bhogia (under 2 km).

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

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