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About Khunan Khurd Village

Khunan Khurd is a large village in Gidderbaha tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,109, made up of 1,094 males and 1,015 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khunan Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khunan Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Muktsar
Tehsil Gidderbaha
Pincode 152031
Area (hectares) 551 hectares
Population 2,109
Male Population 1,094
Female Population 1,015
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khunan Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Khunan Khurd is the 35th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents. Its 551 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Khunan Khurd

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

Khunan Khurd lies about 17 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Faqarsar, about 16 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 Khunan Khurd
Nearest railway station Faqarsar 16 km
Nearest town Malout 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gidderbaha 17 km
District headquarters Muktsar 17 km

Villages closest to Khunan Khurd

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.

Common questions about Khunan Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Khunan Khurd village had a population of 2,109. That makes it the 35th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents.

Khunan Khurd village has 1,094 males and 1,015 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khunan Khurd has about 928 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 Khunan Khurd is 152031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khunan Khurd covers 551 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khunan Khurd falls under Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khunan Khurd is Faqarsar, about 16 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 Khunan Khurd.

Khunan Khurd is about 17 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khunan Khurd is in Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district. Faqarsar is about 16 km away. Malout is about 16 km away. Gidderbaha is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Landewala (2.6 km), Chak Giljewala (2.6 km) and Giljewala (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khunan Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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