About Khark Village

Khark is a small village in Ludhiana West tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 73 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khark Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khark village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana West
Pincode	141003
Area (hectares)	593 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	73
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khark compares

By the 2011 count Khark is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents. Its 593 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Khark

Khark is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khark 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khark from other places

Khark lies about 14 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Ladhowal, about 6.1 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 Khark
Nearest railway station	Ladhowal	6.1 km
Nearest town	Phillaur	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana West	14 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	14 km

Villages closest to Khark

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.

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Common questions about Khark

As per the Census of India 2011, Khark village had a population of 144. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents.

Khark village has 73 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khark has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Khark is 141003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khark covers 593 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Khark is Ladhowal, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Khark.

Khark is about 14 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khark is in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district. Ladhowal is about 6.1 km away. Phillaur is about 7.3 km away. Ludhiana West is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.