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About Khokhar Village

Khokhar is a large village in Muktsar tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,806, made up of 1,499 males and 1,307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 765 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Muktsar
Tehsil Muktsar
Pincode 152025
Area (hectares) 765 hectares
Population 2,806
Male Population 1,499
Female Population 1,307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khokhar compares

By the 2011 count Khokhar is the 19th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents. Its 765 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Khokhar

Khokhar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Khokhar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 16 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Bariwala, about 5.8 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 Bariwala 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Muktsar 16 km

Villages closest to Khokhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhar village had a population of 2,806. That makes it the 19th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,162 residents.

Khokhar village has 1,499 males and 1,307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhar has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Khokhar is 152025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhar covers 765 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhar falls under Muktsar tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhar is Bariwala, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khokhar.

Khokhar is about 16 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhar is in Muktsar tehsil of Muktsar district. Bariwala is about 5.8 km away. Muktsar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Khokhar (under 2 km), Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan (2.5 km) and Haraj (3.9 km).

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

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