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About Khush Nagar Village

Khush Nagar is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 288 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khush Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khush Nagar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144306
Area (hectares) 99 hectares
Population 543
Male Population 288
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khush Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Khush Nagar is the 192nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 995.

Getting to Khush Nagar

Khush Nagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khush Nagar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khush Nagar from other places

Khush Nagar lies about 60 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhangala, about 4.7 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 Khush Nagar
Nearest railway station Bhangala 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 10 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 10 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 60 km

Villages closest to Khush Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 Khush Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khush Nagar village had a population of 543. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Khush Nagar village has 288 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khush Nagar has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Khush Nagar is 144306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khush Nagar covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khush Nagar falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khush Nagar is Bhangala, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khush Nagar.

Khush Nagar is about 60 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khush Nagar is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bhangala is about 4.7 km away. Mukerian is about 10 km away. Mukeriān is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardo Khondpur (under 2 km), Kaulpur Kalan (under 2 km) and Kaulpur Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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