About Bursham Village

Bursham is a mid sized village in Nilokheri tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 413 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bursham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bursham village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Karnal
Tehsil	Nilokheri
Pincode	132157
Area (hectares)	463 hectares
Population	766
Male Population	413
Female Population	353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bursham compares

By the 2011 count Bursham is the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,148 residents. Its 463 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Bursham

Bursham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bursham 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 Bursham from other places

Bursham lies about 27 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Jyotisar, about 8.8 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 Bursham
Nearest railway station	Jyotisar	8.8 km
Nearest town	Thānesar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nilokheri	14 km
District headquarters	Karnal	27 km

Villages closest to Bursham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bursham village had a population of 766. That makes it the 60th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,148 residents.

Bursham village has 413 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bursham has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Bursham is 132157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bursham covers 463 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bursham falls under Nilokheri tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Bursham is Jyotisar, about 8.8 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 Bursham.

Bursham is about 27 km from Karnal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bursham is in Nilokheri tehsil of Karnal district. Jyotisar is about 8.8 km away. Thānesar is about 12 km away. Nilokheri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.