About Khosa Village

Khosa is a mid sized village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,813, made up of 899 males and 914 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142035, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khosa village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	142035
Area (hectares)	442 hectares
Population	1,813
Male Population	899
Female Population	914
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khosa compares

By the 2011 count Khosa is the 46th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Khosa

Khosa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khosa 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 - 10 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 46 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Nanaksar, about 6.0 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	Nanaksar	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	7.2 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	46 km

Villages closest to Khosa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagraon 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.

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Common questions about Khosa

As per the Census of India 2011, Khosa village had a population of 1,813. That makes it the 46th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Khosa village has 899 males and 914 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khosa has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Khosa is 142035. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khosa covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khosa falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khosa is Nanaksar, about 6.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khosa.

Khosa is about 46 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khosa is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Nanaksar is about 6.0 km away. Jagraon is about 7.2 km away. Ludhiana is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.