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About Pindi Khair Village

Pindi Khair is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 287, made up of 166 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 729 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pindi Khair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pindi Khair village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144203
Area (hectares) 102 hectares
Population 287
Male Population 166
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 729
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pindi Khair compares

By the 2011 count Pindi Khair is the 291st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Pindi Khair

Pindi Khair is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pindi Khair as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Pindi Khair from other places

Pindi Khair lies about 37 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 7.5 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 Pindi Khair
Nearest town Urmar 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 18 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 37 km

Villages closest to Pindi Khair

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 Pindi Khair

As per the Census of India 2011, Pindi Khair village had a population of 287. That makes it the 291st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Pindi Khair village has 166 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pindi Khair has about 729 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 Pindi Khair is 144203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pindi Khair covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pindi Khair falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Pindi Khair is Tanda Urmar, about 7.5 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 village for Pindi Khair.

Pindi Khair is about 37 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pindi Khair is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 7.3 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 7.5 km away. Dasua is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhains Awan (under 2 km), Bhulpur (1.5 km) and Gurala (1.9 km).

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

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