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About Khera Village

Khera is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,220, made up of 593 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146106
Area (hectares) 212 hectares
Population 1,220
Male Population 593
Female Population 627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 87th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 Khera

Khera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khera 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 Khera from other places

Khera lies about 24 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.0 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 Khera
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 9.0 km
Nearest town Banga 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 19 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 24 km

Villages closest to Khera

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 Khera

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 1,220. That makes it the 87th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Khera village has 593 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 146106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.0 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 Khera.

Khera is about 24 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 9.0 km away. Banga is about 17 km away. Garhshankar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganeshpur (under 2 km), Nangal Kalan (under 2 km) and Paldi (under 2 km).

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

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