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About Butari Village

Butari is a large village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,473, made up of 1,322 males and 1,151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butari village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143111
Area (hectares) 319 hectares
Population 2,473
Male Population 1,322
Female Population 1,151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Butari compares

By the 2011 count Butari is the 35th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 319 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Butari

The census records public bus service for Butari as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Butari from other places

Butari lies about 31 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Butari, about under 2 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 Butari
Nearest railway station Butari under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 6.8 km
Nearest town Jandiāla Gurū 16 km
District headquarters Amritsar 31 km

Villages closest to Butari

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.

Common questions about Butari

As per the Census of India 2011, Butari village had a population of 2,473. That makes it the 35th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Butari village has 1,322 males and 1,151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butari has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Butari is 143111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butari covers 319 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Butari is Butari, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Butari.

Butari is about 31 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butari is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Butari is about under 2 km away. Baba Bakala is about 6.8 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Loharanwala (under 2 km), Naranjanpur Fattuwal (1.8 km) and Khilchian (1.8 km).

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

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