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About Khokhar Village

Khokhar is a large village in Lehra tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,966, made up of 1,570 males and 1,396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1034 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Lehra
Pincode 148031
Area (hectares) 1034 hectares
Population 2,966
Male Population 1,570
Female Population 1,396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khokhar compares

By the 2011 count Khokhar is the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,815 residents. Its 1034 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Khokhar

Khokhar 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 Khokhar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Khokhar from other places

Khokhar lies about 30 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Govindgarh Khokhar, about under 2 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 Govindgarh Khokhar under 2 km
Nearest town Lehragaga 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Lehra 30 km
District headquarters Sangrur 30 km

Villages closest to Khokhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lehra 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 2,966. That makes it the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,815 residents.

Khokhar village has 1,570 males and 1,396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Khokhar is 148031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhar covers 1034 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhar falls under Lehra tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khokhar is Govindgarh Khokhar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Khokhar is about 30 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhar is in Lehra tehsil of Sangrur district. Govindgarh Khokhar is about under 2 km away. Lehragaga is about 4.4 km away. Lehra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changliwala (2.4 km), Arkbas (2.6 km) and Nangla (3.4 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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