About Tarpai Village

Tarpai is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,261, made up of 1,205 males and 1,056 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarpai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarpai village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143601
Area (hectares)	481 hectares
Population	2,261
Male Population	1,205
Female Population	1,056
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tarpai compares

By the 2011 count Tarpai is the 35th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Tarpai

Tarpai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tarpai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tarpai from other places

Tarpai lies about 25 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Kotla Gujran, about 7.9 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 Tarpai
Nearest railway station	Kotla Gujran	7.9 km
Nearest town	Batāla	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	25 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	25 km

Villages closest to Tarpai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Tarpai

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarpai village had a population of 2,261. That makes it the 35th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Tarpai village has 1,205 males and 1,056 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarpai has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Tarpai is 143601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarpai covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tarpai falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tarpai is Kotla Gujran, about 7.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tarpai.

Tarpai is about 25 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarpai is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Kotla Gujran is about 7.9 km away. Batāla is about 17 km away. Amritsar I is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.