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About Khurampur Village

Khurampur is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 509 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurampur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144701
Area (hectares) 319 hectares
Population 943
Male Population 509
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khurampur compares

By the 2011 count Khurampur is the 55th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Khurampur

Khurampur 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 Khurampur 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 Khurampur from other places

Khurampur lies about 32 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Nakodar Junction, about 6.7 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 Khurampur
Nearest railway station Nakodar Junction 6.7 km
Nearest town Nakodar 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 13 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 32 km

Villages closest to Khurampur

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 Khurampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurampur village had a population of 943. That makes it the 55th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Khurampur village has 509 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurampur has about 853 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 Khurampur is 144701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurampur covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurampur falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khurampur is Nakodar Junction, about 6.7 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 Khurampur.

Khurampur is about 32 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurampur is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Nakodar Junction is about 6.7 km away. Nakodar is about 8.3 km away. Shahkot is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samailpur (3.5 km), Mandala (3.7 km) and Sohal Jagir (6.0 km).

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

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