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About Khurd Village

Khurd is a small village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 210 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144620, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144620
Area (hectares) 143.96 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 210
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Khurd is the 89th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 143.96 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Khurd

Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khurd as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khurd from other places

Khurd lies about 26 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Sultanpur Lodi, about 4.9 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Sultanpur Lodi 4.9 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 26 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 26 km

Villages closest to Khurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurd village had a population of 419. That makes it the 89th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Khurd village has 210 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurd has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Khurd is 144620. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurd covers 143.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurd falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khurd is Sultanpur Lodi, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khurd.

Khurd is about 26 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurd is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 4.2 km away. Sultanpur Lodi is about 4.9 km away. Kapurthala 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 Sangheke Khurd (under 2 km), Mullan Kala (under 2 km) and Mirzapur (under 2 km).

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

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