About Khurd Village

Khurd is a large village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,077, made up of 1,619 males and 1,458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 864 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sangrur
Tehsil	Malerkotla
Pincode	148020
Area (hectares)	864 hectares
Population	3,077
Male Population	1,619
Female Population	1,458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Khurd is the 13th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 864 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Khurd

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

Khurd lies about 35 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Kup, 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station	Kup	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malerkotla	12 km
Nearest town	Māler Kotla	12 km
District headquarters	Sangrur	35 km

Villages closest to Khurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurd village had a population of 3,077. That makes it the 13th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Khurd village has 1,619 males and 1,458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurd has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Khurd is 148020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurd covers 864 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khurd falls under Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khurd is Kup, 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 Khurd.

Khurd is about 35 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurd is in Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district. Kup is about 11 km away. Malerkotla is about 12 km away. Māler Kotla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.