# Khoja Village, Nawanshahr, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Punjab)

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Village · Nawanshahr, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 

# Khoja

Khoja is a village in Nawanshahr sub-district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab, PIN code **144518**. The 2011 Census counted **940 people in 187 households**, the 154th largest of 275 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 940people (2011)
- 187households
- 78.7%literacy
- 144518PIN code

## Khoja PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Khoja is 144518.** Khoja falls in Nawanshahr sub-district, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144518
- Gram panchayatKhoja
- Community development blockAur
- Census village code032271

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Khoja from nearby towns?

- Nawanshahr (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (district HQ)18 km by road
- Nawansahar (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Khoja?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Khoja; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Saloh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Saloh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sbs Nagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Khoja known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. Products made here include atta. About 96% of the 455 hectares of village land is sown, and 437 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Khoja

Of every 100 households in Khoja in 2011, 94 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 55 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Khoja · ■ Nawanshahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**24%

Tap water ****42%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**90%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**49%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**46%

Use banking services ****43%**

**85%

Television ****83%**

**87%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****55%**

**51%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**11%

None of these assets ****3%**

**2%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Khoja?

■ Khoja · ■ Nawanshahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**896

Working population ****35.3%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 73.1% for women. 63% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 131 (39%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nawanshahr

- Bahadurpur967 people
- Jullah Majra958 people
- Nai Mazara945 people
- Poonian942 people
- Sadhpur938 people
- Birowal926 people
- Bahua924 people
- Sheikhupur Bagh924 people

[All 284 villages in Nawanshahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/shahid-bhagat-singh-nagar/nawanshahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Khoja?144518
- How far is Khoja from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar?18 km by road
- What is the population of Khoja?940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khoja in?Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district (Nawanshahr sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Khoja?78.7% (Census 2011)
