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About Farid Khera Village

Farid Khera is a large village in Malout tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,025, made up of 1,095 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 788 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Farid Khera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Farid Khera village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Muktsar
Tehsil Malout
Pincode 152115
Area (hectares) 788 hectares
Population 2,025
Male Population 1,095
Female Population 930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Farid Khera compares

By the 2011 count Farid Khera is the 67th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,931 residents. Its 788 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Farid Khera

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

Farid Khera lies about 45 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Qabarwala, about 11 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 Farid Khera
Nearest railway station Qabarwala 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Malout 16 km
District headquarters Muktsar 45 km

Villages closest to Farid Khera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Farid Khera village had a population of 2,025. That makes it the 67th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,931 residents.

Farid Khera village has 1,095 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Farid Khera has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Farid Khera is 152115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Farid Khera covers 788 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Farid Khera falls under Malout tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Farid Khera is Qabarwala, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Farid Khera.

Farid Khera is about 45 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Farid Khera is in Malout tehsil of Muktsar district. Qabarwala is about 11 km away. Malout is about 16 km away. Muktsar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehmud Khera (under 2 km), Mahni Khera (2.9 km) and Kanganpura (4.3 km).

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

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