About Kiri Afghana Village

Kiri Afghana is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 542 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 628 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiri Afghana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiri Afghana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140115
Area (hectares)	628 hectares
Population	1,023
Male Population	542
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kiri Afghana compares

By the 2011 count Kiri Afghana is the 58th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 628 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Kiri Afghana

Kiri Afghana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kiri Afghana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kiri Afghana from other places

Kiri Afghana lies about 20 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 9.5 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 Kiri Afghana
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Khamanon	9.5 km
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	14 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	20 km

Villages closest to Kiri Afghana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Kiri Afghana

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiri Afghana village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 58th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Kiri Afghana village has 542 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiri Afghana has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Kiri Afghana is 140115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kiri Afghana covers 628 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kiri Afghana falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kiri Afghana is Khamanon, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kiri Afghana.

Kiri Afghana is about 20 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiri Afghana is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Chamkaur Sahib is about 7.0 km away. Khamanon is about 9.5 km away. Māchhīwāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.