About Khirkianwala Village

Khirkianwala is a large village in Gidderbaha tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,846, made up of 1,481 males and 1,365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khirkianwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khirkianwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Muktsar
Tehsil	Gidderbaha
Pincode	152031
Area (hectares)	663 hectares
Population	2,846
Male Population	1,481
Female Population	1,365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khirkianwala compares

By the 2011 count Khirkianwala is the 25th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents. Its 663 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Khirkianwala

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

Khirkianwala lies about 11 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Jhabelwali, about 7.4 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 Khirkianwala
Nearest railway station	Jhabelwali	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidderbaha	11 km
District headquarters	Muktsar	11 km

Villages closest to Khirkianwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khirkianwala village had a population of 2,846. That makes it the 25th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents.

Khirkianwala village has 1,481 males and 1,365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khirkianwala has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Khirkianwala is 152031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khirkianwala covers 663 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khirkianwala falls under Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khirkianwala is Jhabelwali, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Khirkianwala.

Khirkianwala is about 11 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khirkianwala is in Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district. Jhabelwali is about 7.4 km away. Gidderbaha is about 11 km away. Muktsar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.