About Bhanguan Village

Bhanguan is a small village in Bassi Pathana tehsil, in the district of Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 494, made up of 266 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhanguan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanguan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Fatehgarh Sahib
Tehsil	Bassi Pathana
Pincode	140406
Area (hectares)	155 hectares
Population	494
Male Population	266
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bhanguan compares

By the 2011 count Bhanguan is the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Bhanguan

Bhanguan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhanguan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bhanguan from other places

Bhanguan lies about 74 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, and the nearest railway station is Bassi Pathanam, about 5.2 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 Bhanguan
Nearest railway station	Bassi Pathanam	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bassi Pathana	6.0 km
Nearest town	Basi	6.0 km
District headquarters	Fatehgarh Sahib	74 km

Villages closest to Bhanguan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bassi Pathana 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 Bhanguan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanguan village had a population of 494. That makes it the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Bhanguan village has 266 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanguan has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

The pincode recorded for Bhanguan is 140406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhanguan covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhanguan falls under Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bhanguan is Bassi Pathanam, about 5.2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhanguan.

Bhanguan is about 74 km from Fatehgarh Sahib in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhanguan is in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district. Bassi Pathanam is about 5.2 km away. Bassi Pathana is about 6.0 km away. Basi is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.