About Kharkuwal Village

Kharkuwal 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 663, made up of 344 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharkuwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharkuwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144518
Area (hectares)	240 hectares
Population	663
Male Population	344
Female Population	319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharkuwal compares

By the 2011 count Kharkuwal is the 195th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kharkuwal

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

Kharkuwal lies about 11 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 9.1 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 Kharkuwal
Nearest railway station	Rahon	9.1 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	14 km

Villages closest to Kharkuwal

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.

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Common questions about Kharkuwal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharkuwal village had a population of 663. That makes it the 195th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kharkuwal village has 344 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharkuwal has about 927 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 Kharkuwal is 144518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharkuwal covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kharkuwal is Rahon, about 9.1 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 Kharkuwal.

Kharkuwal is about 11 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.

Kharkuwal is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 9.1 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 11 km away. Nawanshahr is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.