About Khiwa Village

Khiwa is a mid sized village in Nakodar tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,419, made up of 740 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144623, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiwa village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Nakodar
Pincode	144623
Area (hectares)	668 hectares
Population	1,419
Male Population	740
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khiwa compares

By the 2011 count Khiwa is the 45th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 668 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Khiwa

Khiwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khiwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khiwa from other places

Khiwa lies about 22 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Gahandran, about 11 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 Khiwa
Nearest railway station	Gahandran	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nakodar	13 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	22 km

Villages closest to Khiwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nakodar 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 Khiwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiwa village had a population of 1,419. That makes it the 45th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Khiwa village has 740 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiwa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Khiwa is 144623. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiwa covers 668 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiwa falls under Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khiwa is Gahandran, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khiwa.

Khiwa is about 22 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiwa is in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district. Gahandran is about 11 km away. Nakodar is about 13 km away. Jalandhar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.