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About Phurlak Village

Phurlak is a large village in Gharaunda tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,757, made up of 1,989 males and 1,768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phurlak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phurlak village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Karnal
Tehsil Gharaunda
Pincode 132114
Area (hectares) 753 hectares
Population 3,757
Male Population 1,989
Female Population 1,768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phurlak compares

By the 2011 count Phurlak is the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents. Its 753 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Phurlak

Phurlak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Phurlak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phurlak from other places

Phurlak lies about 16 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Gharaunda, about 4.0 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 Phurlak
Nearest railway station Gharaunda 4.0 km
District headquarters Karnal 16 km

Villages closest to Phurlak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gharaunda 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 Phurlak

As per the Census of India 2011, Phurlak village had a population of 3,757. That makes it the 16th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents.

Phurlak village has 1,989 males and 1,768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phurlak has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Phurlak is 132114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phurlak covers 753 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phurlak falls under Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Phurlak is Gharaunda, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Phurlak.

Phurlak is about 16 km from Karnal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phurlak is in Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district. Gharaunda is about 4.0 km away. Karnal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badshahpur (under 2 km), Raipur Jattan (1.9 km) and Upli (2.6 km).

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

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