About Tangra Village

Tangra is a large village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,532, made up of 1,867 males and 1,665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tangra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tangra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Baba Bakala
Pincode	143119
Area (hectares)	419 hectares
Population	3,532
Male Population	1,867
Female Population	1,665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Tangra compares

By the 2011 count Tangra is the 20th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 419 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Tangra

Tangra 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 Tangra 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tangra from other places

Tangra lies about 24 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Tangra, 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 Tangra
Nearest railway station	Tangra	under 2 km
Nearest town	Jandiāla Gurū	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baba Bakala	14 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	24 km

Villages closest to Tangra

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 Tangra

As per the Census of India 2011, Tangra village had a population of 3,532. That makes it the 20th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Tangra village has 1,867 males and 1,665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tangra has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Tangra is 143119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tangra covers 419 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Tangra.

Tangra is about 24 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tangra is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Tangra is about under 2 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 8.9 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.