About Kharaur Village

Kharaur is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 280 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharaur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144526
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	560
Male Population	280
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharaur compares

By the 2011 count Kharaur is the 104th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Kharaur

Kharaur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kharaur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kharaur from other places

Kharaur lies about 8.1 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 10 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 Kharaur
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Rahon	10 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	28 km

Villages closest to Kharaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharaur village had a population of 560. That makes it the 104th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Kharaur village has 280 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharaur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Kharaur is 144526. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharaur covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharaur falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kharaur is Rahon, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kharaur.

Kharaur is about 8.1 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharaur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 8.1 km away. Rahon is about 10 km away. Nawanshahr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.