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About Kahlon Village

Kahlon is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,377, made up of 677 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kahlon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kahlon village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144518
Area (hectares) 640 hectares
Population 1,377
Male Population 677
Female Population 700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kahlon compares

By the 2011 count Kahlon is the 84th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 640 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kahlon

The census records public bus service for Kahlon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kahlon from other places

Kahlon lies about 9.3 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 2.2 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 Kahlon
Nearest railway station Rahon 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 9.3 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 9.3 km

Villages closest to Kahlon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kahlon village had a population of 1,377. That makes it the 84th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kahlon village has 677 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kahlon has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Kahlon is 144518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kahlon covers 640 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kahlon falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kahlon is Rahon, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kahlon is about 9.3 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.

Kahlon is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 2.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.3 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barnala Khurd (1.6 km), Rahon (2.2 km) and Daryapur (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kahlon today is likely to be higher.

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