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About Khoja Village

Khoja 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 940, made up of 489 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khoja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoja village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144518
Area (hectares) 455 hectares
Population 940
Male Population 489
Female Population 451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khoja compares

By the 2011 count Khoja is the 151st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 455 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Khoja

Khoja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khoja as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khoja from other places

Khoja lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 7.8 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 Khoja
Nearest railway station Rahon 7.8 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 14 km

Villages closest to Khoja

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 Khoja

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoja village had a population of 940. That makes it the 151st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Khoja village has 489 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoja has about 922 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 Khoja is 144518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khoja covers 455 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khoja is Rahon, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khoja.

Khoja is about 12 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.

Khoja is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Rahon is about 7.8 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 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.

The closest recorded villages are Lalewal (under 2 km), Tajpur (under 2 km) and Jullah Majra (1.9 km).

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

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