Khojpur, Punjab

Khojpur is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 1.5 km away from Pasla, 16 km from Phillaur, 33 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 126 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Khojpur
Village
Khojpur is located in Punjab

Khojpur
Khojpur
Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31.0998449°N 75.6932892°E
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government

 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation

240 m (790 ft)
Population

 (2011)
 • Total 145[1]
Sex ratio 80/65 ♂/♀
Languages

 • Official Punjabi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144037
Telephone 01824
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB- 08
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011 , Khojpur has a total number of 31 houses and population of 145 of which include 80 males and 65 females. Literacy rate of Khojpur is 81.88%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 7 which is 4.83% of total population of Khojpur, and child sex ratio is approximately 400 lower than state average of 846.

The village does not have any Schedule Caste or Schedule Tribe population.

As per census 2011, 55 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Khojpur which includes 51 males and 4 females. According to census survey report 2011, 100% workers describe their work as main work and 0% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Transport

Partabpura railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 15 km away from the village. The village is 46.6 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 136 km away in Amritsar.