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About Khararawal Bassi Village

Khararawal Bassi is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,856, made up of 935 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khararawal Bassi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khararawal Bassi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144523
Area (hectares) 376 hectares
Population 1,856
Male Population 935
Female Population 921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khararawal Bassi compares

By the 2011 count Khararawal Bassi is the 35th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 376 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Khararawal Bassi

Khararawal Bassi 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 Khararawal Bassi as Available within village. 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 Khararawal Bassi from other places

Khararawal Bassi lies about 25 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 12 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 Khararawal Bassi
Nearest railway station Saila Khurd 12 km
Nearest town Banga 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 21 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 25 km

Villages closest to Khararawal Bassi

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 Khararawal Bassi

As per the Census of India 2011, Khararawal Bassi village had a population of 1,856. That makes it the 35th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Khararawal Bassi village has 935 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khararawal Bassi has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Khararawal Bassi is 144523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khararawal Bassi covers 376 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khararawal Bassi falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khararawal Bassi is Saila Khurd, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khararawal Bassi.

Khararawal Bassi 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.

Khararawal Bassi is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 12 km away. Banga is about 15 km away. Garhshankar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khabra (under 2 km), Achharwal (under 2 km) and Laksihan (under 2 km).

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

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