About Khelan Village

Khelan is a large village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,339, made up of 1,233 males and 1,106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khelan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	361 hectares
Population	2,339
Male Population	1,233
Female Population	1,106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khelan compares

By the 2011 count Khelan is the 17th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 361 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Khelan

Khelan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khelan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Khelan from other places

Khelan lies about 38 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Ambala Cantonment Junction, about 8.6 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 Khelan
Nearest town	Bablāi	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ambala Cantonment Junction	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	25 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	38 km

Villages closest to Khelan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Khelan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelan village had a population of 2,339. That makes it the 17th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Khelan village has 1,233 males and 1,106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelan has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Khelan is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khelan covers 361 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khelan falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khelan is Ambala Cantonment Junction, about 8.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khelan.

Khelan is about 38 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelan is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Bablāi is about 3.4 km away. Ambala Cantonment Junction is about 8.6 km away. Dera Bassi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.