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About Tanel Village

Tanel is a mid sized village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,844, made up of 941 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tanel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tanel village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Baba Bakala
Pincode 143116
Area (hectares) 405 hectares
Population 1,844
Male Population 941
Female Population 903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
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 Tanel compares

By the 2011 count Tanel is the 56th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 405 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Tanel

The census records public bus service for Tanel 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 Tanel from other places

Tanel lies about 28 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Tangra, about 11 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 Tanel
Nearest railway station Tangra 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Baba Bakala 15 km
Nearest town Batāla 16 km
District headquarters Amritsar 28 km

Villages closest to Tanel

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 Tanel

As per the Census of India 2011, Tanel village had a population of 1,844. That makes it the 56th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Tanel village has 941 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tanel has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Tanel is 143116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tanel covers 405 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tanel is Tangra, about 11 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 Tanel.

Tanel is about 28 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tanel is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Tangra is about 11 km away. Baba Bakala is about 15 km away. Batāla 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 Ghanshampur (1.7 km), Binjarwal (2.4 km) and Bhattike (2.7 km).

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

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