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About Khabra Village

Khabra is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 242 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khabra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khabra village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144528
Area (hectares) 122 hectares
Population 492
Male Population 242
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khabra compares

By the 2011 count Khabra is the 213th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Khabra

The census records public bus service for Khabra 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khabra from other places

Khabra lies about 25 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 11 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 Khabra
Nearest railway station Saila Khurd 11 km
Nearest town Banga 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 20 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 25 km

Villages closest to Khabra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khabra village had a population of 492. That makes it the 213th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Khabra village has 242 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khabra has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Khabra is 144528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khabra covers 122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khabra falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khabra is Saila Khurd, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khabra.

Khabra is about 25 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khabra is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 11 km away. Banga is about 14 km away. Garhshankar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khararawal Bassi (under 2 km), Achharwal (under 2 km) and Bhagtupur (under 2 km).

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

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