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About Kohar Kalan Village

Kohar Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 738 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kohar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kohar Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144702
Area (hectares) 229.55 hectares
Population 1,354
Male Population 738
Female Population 616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kohar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kohar Kalan is the 27th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 229.55 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Kohar Kalan

Kohar Kalan 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 Kohar Kalan as Available within village. 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 Kohar Kalan from other places

Kohar Kalan lies about 38 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Mulewal Khaira, 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 Kohar Kalan
Nearest railway station Mulewal Khaira under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 4.5 km
Nearest town Nakodar 18 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 38 km

Villages closest to Kohar Kalan

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 Kohar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kohar Kalan village had a population of 1,354. That makes it the 27th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Kohar Kalan village has 738 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kohar Kalan has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Kohar Kalan is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kohar Kalan covers 229.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kohar Kalan falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kohar Kalan is Mulewal Khaira, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kohar Kalan.

Kohar Kalan is about 38 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kohar Kalan is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Mulewal Khaira is about under 2 km away. Shahkot is about 4.5 km away. Nakodar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Janian (under 2 km), Janian Chahal (under 2 km) and Mianwal Araian (1.7 km).

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

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