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About Khandur Village

Khandur is a large village in Ludhiana West tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,033, made up of 1,614 males and 1,419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 792 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khandur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khandur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana West
Pincode 141103
Area (hectares) 792 hectares
Population 3,033
Male Population 1,614
Female Population 1,419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khandur compares

By the 2011 count Khandur is the 32nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents. Its 792 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Khandur

Khandur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khandur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khandur from other places

Khandur lies about 18 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Bhanohad Punjab, 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 Khandur
Nearest railway station Bhanohad Punjab 6.0 km
Nearest town Gil 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana West 18 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 18 km

Villages closest to Khandur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana West 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 Khandur

As per the Census of India 2011, Khandur village had a population of 3,033. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents.

Khandur village has 1,614 males and 1,419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khandur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Khandur is 141103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khandur covers 792 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khandur falls under Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khandur is Bhanohad Punjab, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khandur.

Khandur is about 18 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khandur is in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district. Bhanohad Punjab is about 6.0 km away. Gil is about 15 km away. Ludhiana West 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 Dhaipai (2.3 km), Chhokar (2.5 km) and Mohi (2.9 km).

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

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