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About Khokhewal Village

Khokhewal is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 912, made up of 461 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Pincode 144036
Area (hectares) 184 hectares
Population 912
Male Population 461
Female Population 451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khokhewal compares

By the 2011 count Khokhewal is the 125th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 184 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 957.

Getting to Khokhewal

Khokhewal 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 Khokhewal 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokhewal from other places

Khokhewal lies about 34 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Bilga, about 3.8 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 Khokhewal
Nearest railway station Bilga 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Phillaur 12 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 34 km

Villages closest to Khokhewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhewal village had a population of 912. That makes it the 125th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Khokhewal village has 461 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhewal has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Khokhewal is 144036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhewal covers 184 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhewal falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhewal is Bilga, about 3.8 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khokhewal.

Khokhewal is about 34 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhewal is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Bilga is about 3.8 km away. Phillaur is about 12 km away. Jalandhar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thammanwal (under 2 km), Burj Kaila (1.7 km) and Bhullar (2.3 km).

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

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