About Khota Village

Khota is a large village in Nihal Singhwala tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,260, made up of 1,733 males and 1,527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khota village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Moga
Tehsil	Nihal Singhwala
Pincode	142040
Area (hectares)	745 hectares
Population	3,260
Male Population	1,733
Female Population	1,527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khota compares

By the 2011 count Khota is the 21st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents. Its 745 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 893.

Getting to Khota

Khota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khota 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 Khota from other places

Khota lies about 23 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Parao Mahna, about 22 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 Khota
Tehsil headquarters	Nihal Singhwala	5.4 km
Nearest town	Bagha Purana	15 km
Nearest railway station	Parao Mahna	22 km
District headquarters	Moga	23 km

Villages closest to Khota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihal Singhwala 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 Khota

As per the Census of India 2011, Khota village had a population of 3,260. That makes it the 21st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents.

Khota village has 1,733 males and 1,527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khota has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Khota is 142040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khota covers 745 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khota falls under Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khota is Parao Mahna, about 22 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 Khota.

Khota is about 23 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khota is in Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district. Nihal Singhwala is about 5.4 km away. Bagha Purana is about 15 km away. Parao Mahna is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.