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About Khosa Village

Khosa is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 259 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khosa village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144629
Area (hectares) 237.9 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 259
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khosa compares

By the 2011 count Khosa is the 114th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 237.9 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 956.

Getting to Khosa

The census records public bus service for Khosa as Available within 5 - 10 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 Khosa from other places

Khosa lies about 41 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 Khosa
Nearest railway station Kang Khurd under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 12 km
Nearest town Nakodar 24 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 41 km

Villages closest to Khosa

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 Khosa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khosa village had a population of 531. That makes it the 114th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Khosa village has 259 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khosa has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

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

Khosa covers 237.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khosa falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khosa is Kang Khurd, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Khosa.

Khosa is about 41 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khosa is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kang Khurd is about under 2 km away. Shahkot is about 12 km away. Nakodar is about 24 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 Kamboan (under 2 km), Kang Kalan (under 2 km) and Kang Khurd (1.7 km).

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

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