About Rurewal Village

Rurewal is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 170 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rurewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rurewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143408
Area (hectares)	203 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	170
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rurewal compares

By the 2011 count Rurewal is the 259th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 203 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Rurewal

Rurewal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rurewal 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rurewal from other places

Rurewal lies about 39 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 6.7 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 Rurewal
Nearest railway station	Ramdas	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	17 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	17 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	39 km

Villages closest to Rurewal

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.

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Common questions about Rurewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Rurewal village had a population of 343. That makes it the 259th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Rurewal village has 170 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rurewal has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Rurewal is 143408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rurewal covers 203 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.

Rurewal falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rurewal is Ramdas, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rurewal.

Rurewal is about 39 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rurewal is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 6.7 km away. Ajnala is about 17 km away. Ajnāla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.