About Khokhar Village

Khokhar is a small village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 87 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	214 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	87
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokhar compares

By the 2011 count Khokhar is the 170th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 214 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Khokhar

Khokhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khokhar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokhar from other places

Khokhar lies about 27 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 6.5 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 Khokhar
Nearest railway station	Lal kalan	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	7.7 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	7.8 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	27 km

Villages closest to Khokhar

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 Khokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhar village had a population of 165. That makes it the 170th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Khokhar village has 87 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhar has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

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

Khokhar covers 214 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khokhar falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhar is Lal kalan, about 6.5 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 village for Khokhar.

Khokhar is about 27 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhar is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Lal kalan is about 6.5 km away. Samrala is about 7.7 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.