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About Phulan Village

Phulan is a mid sized village in Depalpur tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 766 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1048.55 hectares hectares.

Phulan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phulan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Depalpur
Area (hectares) 1048.55 hectares
Population 1,460
Male Population 766
Female Population 694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phulan compares

By the 2011 count Phulan is the 38th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,233 residents. Its 1048.55 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Phulan

Phulan 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 Phulan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Phulan from other places

Phulan lies about 46 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Gautampura Road, about 1.9 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 Phulan
Nearest railway station Gautampura Road 1.9 km
Nearest town Barnagar 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Depalpur 21 km
District headquarters Indore 46 km

Villages closest to Phulan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phulan village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 38th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,233 residents.

Phulan village has 766 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phulan has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Phulan covers 1048.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phulan falls under Depalpur tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Phulan is Gautampura Road, about 1.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Phulan.

Phulan is about 46 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phulan is in Depalpur tehsil of Indore district. Gautampura Road is about 1.9 km away. Barnagar is about 17 km away. Depalpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambalia (2.0 km), Bahirampur (2.2 km) and Talawali (2.6 km).

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

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