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About Khamachon Village

Khamachon 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 1,468, made up of 760 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamachon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamachon village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144505
Area (hectares) 179 hectares
Population 1,468
Male Population 760
Female Population 708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khamachon compares

By the 2011 count Khamachon is the 75th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 179 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khamachon

Khamachon 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 Khamachon 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khamachon from other places

Khamachon lies about 8.6 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Banga, about 2.3 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 Khamachon
Nearest railway station Banga 2.3 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 12 km

Villages closest to Khamachon

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 Khamachon

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamachon village had a population of 1,468. That makes it the 75th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Khamachon village has 760 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamachon has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Khamachon is 144505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamachon covers 179 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Khamachon is Banga, about 2.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khamachon.

Khamachon is about 8.6 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.

Khamachon is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Banga is about 2.3 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 8.6 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.

The closest recorded villages are Thandian (under 2 km), Jindowal (under 2 km) and Banga (2.4 km).

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

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