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About Behbal Kalan Village

Behbal Kalan is a large village in Jaitu tehsil, in the district of Faridkot, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,376, made up of 1,255 males and 1,121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 710 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behbal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behbal Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Faridkot
Tehsil Jaitu
Pincode 151208
Area (hectares) 710 hectares
Population 2,376
Male Population 1,255
Female Population 1,121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behbal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Behbal Kalan is the 26th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents. Its 710 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Behbal Kalan

Behbal Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behbal Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Behbal Kalan from other places

Behbal Kalan lies about 22 km from Faridkot, and the nearest railway station is Romana Albael Singh, about 6.2 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 Behbal Kalan
Nearest railway station Romana Albael Singh 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaitu 8.6 km
Nearest town Jaito 8.6 km
District headquarters Faridkot 22 km

Villages closest to Behbal Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaitu 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 Behbal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Behbal Kalan village had a population of 2,376. That makes it the 26th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,013 residents.

Behbal Kalan village has 1,255 males and 1,121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behbal Kalan has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Behbal Kalan is 151208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behbal Kalan covers 710 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behbal Kalan falls under Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Behbal Kalan is Romana Albael Singh, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Behbal Kalan is about 22 km from Faridkot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behbal Kalan is in Jaitu tehsil of Faridkot district. Romana Albael Singh is about 6.2 km away. Jaitu is about 8.6 km away. Jaito is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurusar (1.7 km), Behbal Khurd (2.9 km) and Sarawan (3.2 km).

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

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