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About Talwandi Village

Talwandi is a mid sized village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 327 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143116
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 612
Male Population 327
Female Population 285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Talwandi compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi is the 123rd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 923.

Getting to Talwandi

Talwandi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Talwandi 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Talwandi from other places

Talwandi lies about 43 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Bhalojala, about 7.1 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 Talwandi
Nearest railway station Bhalojala 7.1 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 14 km
District headquarters Amritsar 43 km

Villages closest to Talwandi

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 Talwandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi village had a population of 612. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Talwandi village has 327 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi has about 872 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 Talwandi is 143116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talwandi covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Talwandi is Bhalojala, about 7.1 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Talwandi.

Talwandi 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.

Talwandi is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Bhalojala is about 7.1 km away. Kapurthala Town is about 12 km away. Baba Bakala is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpura (4.0 km), Wazir Bhullar (8.9 km) and Hassanpur (9.2 km).

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

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