About Butala Village

Butala is a large village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,825, made up of 1,429 males and 1,396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Baba Bakala
Pincode	143203
Area (hectares)	644 hectares
Population	2,825
Male Population	1,429
Female Population	1,396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Butala compares

By the 2011 count Butala is the 29th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 644 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Butala

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

How far is Butala from other places

Butala lies about 43 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Beas Junction, about 10 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 Butala
Tehsil headquarters	Baba Bakala	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Beas Junction	10 km
Nearest town	Qadian	24 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	43 km

Villages closest to Butala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala 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 Butala

As per the Census of India 2011, Butala village had a population of 2,825. That makes it the 29th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Butala village has 1,429 males and 1,396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butala has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Butala is 143203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butala covers 644 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butala falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Butala is Beas Junction, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Butala.

Butala is about 43 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butala is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Baba Bakala is about 8.4 km away. Beas Junction is about 10 km away. Qadian is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.