About Khera Afgan Village

Khera Afgan is one of the larger villages in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,131, made up of 3,855 males and 3,276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.85 hectares hectares.

Khera Afgan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khera Afgan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Saharanpur
Tehsil	Nakur
Area (hectares)	313.85 hectares
Population	7,131
Male Population	3,855
Female Population	3,276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khera Afgan compares

By the 2011 count Khera Afgan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 313.85 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Khera Afgan

Khera Afgan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khera Afgan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khera Afgan from other places

Khera Afgan lies about 19 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhankla, about 11 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 Khera Afgan
Tehsil headquarters	Nakur	7.1 km
Nearest town	Nakūr	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Bhankla	11 km
District headquarters	Saharanpur	19 km

Villages closest to Khera Afgan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nakur 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 Khera Afgan

As per the Census of India 2011, Khera Afgan village had a population of 7,131. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Khera Afgan village has 3,855 males and 3,276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khera Afgan has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 891.

Khera Afgan covers 313.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Khera Afgan falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khera Afgan is Bhankla, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khera Afgan.

Khera Afgan is about 19 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khera Afgan is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Nakur is about 7.1 km away. Nakūr is about 7.1 km away. Bhankla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.