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About Kotli Sheikhan Village

Kotli Sheikhan is a small village in Jalandhar I tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 134 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotli Sheikhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotli Sheikhan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar I
Pincode 144302
Area (hectares) 124 hectares
Population 268
Male Population 134
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Kotli Sheikhan compares

By the 2011 count Kotli Sheikhan is the 121st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Kotli Sheikhan

The census records public bus service for Kotli Sheikhan 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 Kotli Sheikhan from other places

Kotli Sheikhan lies about 11 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Khojewala, about 3.0 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 Kotli Sheikhan
Nearest railway station Khojewala 3.0 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar I 11 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 11 km

Villages closest to Kotli Sheikhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar I 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 Kotli Sheikhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotli Sheikhan village had a population of 268. That makes it the 121st largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents.

Kotli Sheikhan village has 134 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotli Sheikhan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Kotli Sheikhan is 144302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kotli Sheikhan covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kotli Sheikhan falls under Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kotli Sheikhan is Khojewala, about 3.0 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 Kotli Sheikhan.

Kotli Sheikhan is about 11 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotli Sheikhan is in Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district. Khojewala is about 3.0 km away. Kapurthala Town is about 9.1 km away. Jalandhar I is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotli Than Singh (under 2 km), Mander 470 (3.5 km) and Arjanwal (4.2 km).

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

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