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About Kang Khurd Village

Kang Khurd is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 472 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kang Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kang Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144629
Area (hectares) 704.81 hectares
Population 897
Male Population 472
Female Population 425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Kang Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Kang Khurd is the 59th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 704.81 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Kang Khurd

The census records public bus service for Kang Khurd 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kang Khurd from other places

Kang Khurd lies about 42 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Kang Khurd, about under 2 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 Kang Khurd
Nearest railway station Kang Khurd under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 13 km
Nearest town Nakodar 26 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 42 km

Villages closest to Kang Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Kang Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Kang Khurd village had a population of 897. That makes it the 59th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Kang Khurd village has 472 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kang Khurd has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Kang Khurd is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kang Khurd covers 704.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kang Khurd falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kang Khurd is Kang Khurd, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kang Khurd.

Kang Khurd is about 42 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kang Khurd is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kang Khurd is about under 2 km away. Shahkot is about 13 km away. Nakodar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalalpur Khurd (under 2 km), Kotha (under 2 km) and Khosa (1.7 km).

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

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