About Kitna Village

Kitna is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,675, made up of 888 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kitna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kitna village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144531
Area (hectares)	332 hectares
Population	1,675
Male Population	888
Female Population	787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kitna compares

By the 2011 count Kitna is the 44th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 332 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 961.

Getting to Kitna

Kitna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kitna as Available within 10+ 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 Kitna from other places

Kitna lies about 35 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Satnaur Badesron, about 3.4 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 Kitna
Nearest railway station	Satnaur Badesron	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	7.5 km
Nearest town	Banga	10 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	35 km

Villages closest to Kitna

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.

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Common questions about Kitna

As per the Census of India 2011, Kitna village had a population of 1,675. That makes it the 44th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Kitna village has 888 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kitna has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Kitna is 144531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kitna covers 332 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kitna falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kitna is Satnaur Badesron, about 3.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kitna.

Kitna is about 35 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kitna is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Satnaur Badesron is about 3.4 km away. Garhshankar is about 7.5 km away. Banga is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.