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About Boparai Kalan Village

Boparai Kalan is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,733, made up of 939 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boparai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boparai Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 147107
Area (hectares) 419 hectares
Population 1,733
Male Population 939
Female Population 794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Boparai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Boparai Kalan is the 58th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 419 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Boparai Kalan

Boparai Kalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Boparai Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Boparai Kalan from other places

Boparai Kalan lies about 15 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Khasa, about 3.3 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 Boparai Kalan
Nearest railway station Khasa 3.3 km
District headquarters Amritsar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 23 km

Villages closest to Boparai Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala 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 Boparai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Boparai Kalan village had a population of 1,733. That makes it the 58th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Boparai Kalan village has 939 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boparai Kalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Boparai Kalan is 147107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Boparai Kalan covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Boparai Kalan falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Boparai Kalan is Khasa, about 3.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Boparai Kalan.

Boparai Kalan is about 15 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boparai Kalan is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Khasa is about 3.3 km away. Amritsar is about 15 km away. Ajnala is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Boparai Khurd (under 2 km), Boparai Baj Singh (1.7 km) and Chhiddan (3.0 km).

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

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