About Khera Village

Khera is a small village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 124 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	124
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
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 Khera compares

By the 2011 count Khera is the 162nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 908.

Getting to Khera

Khera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khera 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 Khera from other places

Khera lies about 35 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 15 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 Khera
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	14 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	15 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	35 km

Villages closest to Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera village had a population of 243. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Khera village has 124 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Khera is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khera covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khera falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khera is Rahon, about 15 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 Khera.

Khera is about 35 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 5.1 km away. Samrala is about 14 km away. Rahon is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.