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About Khatra Village

Khatra is a mid sized village in Khanna tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,404, made up of 742 males and 662 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khatra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khatra village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Khanna
Pincode 141401
Area (hectares) 312 hectares
Population 1,404
Male Population 742
Female Population 662
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khatra compares

By the 2011 count Khatra is the 28th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents. Its 312 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Khatra

The census records public bus service for Khatra as Available within <5 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 Khatra from other places

Khatra lies about 42 km from Ludhiana. 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 Khatra
Tehsil headquarters Khanna 2.5 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 42 km

Villages closest to Khatra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khatra village had a population of 1,404. That makes it the 28th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents.

Khatra village has 742 males and 662 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khatra has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

The pincode recorded for Khatra is 141401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khatra covers 312 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khatra falls under Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The census record for Khatra notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khatra.

Khatra is about 42 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khatra is in Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district. Khanna is about 2.5 km away. Ludhiana is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majri (under 2 km), Rasulra (1.9 km) and Baghaur (2.0 km).

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

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