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About Wadala Viram Village

Wadala Viram is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,396, made up of 2,357 males and 2,039 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1023 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wadala Viram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wadala Viram village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Amritsar I
Pincode 143601
Area (hectares) 1023 hectares
Population 4,396
Male Population 2,357
Female Population 2,039
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Wadala Viram compares

By the 2011 count Wadala Viram is the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 1023 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 910.

Getting to Wadala Viram

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

Wadala Viram lies about 23 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Kotla Gujran, about 2.3 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 Wadala Viram
Nearest railway station Kotla Gujran 2.3 km
Nearest town Nangli 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Amritsar I 23 km
District headquarters Amritsar 23 km

Villages closest to Wadala Viram

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.

Common questions about Wadala Viram

As per the Census of India 2011, Wadala Viram village had a population of 4,396. That makes it the 8th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Wadala Viram village has 2,357 males and 2,039 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wadala Viram has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

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

Wadala Viram covers 1023 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Wadala Viram falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Wadala Viram is Kotla Gujran, about 2.3 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 Wadala Viram.

Wadala Viram is about 23 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wadala Viram is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Kotla Gujran is about 2.3 km away. Nangli is about 16 km away. Amritsar I 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 Bhoma (under 2 km), Bhangwan (2.4 km) and Mehdipur (2.7 km).

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

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