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About Abhun Village

Abhun is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,956, made up of 1,023 males and 933 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1266.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Abhun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Abhun village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Fazilka
Pincode 152024
Area (hectares) 1266.29 hectares
Population 1,956
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 933
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Abhun compares

By the 2011 count Abhun is the 70th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 1266.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Abhun

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

How far is Abhun from other places

Abhun lies about 75 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Theh Qalandar, about 6.5 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 Abhun
Nearest railway station Theh Qalandar 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Fazilka 7.8 km
District headquarters Firozpur 75 km

Villages closest to Abhun

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Abhun

As per the Census of India 2011, Abhun village had a population of 1,956. That makes it the 70th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Abhun village has 1,023 males and 933 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Abhun has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Abhun is 152024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Abhun covers 1266.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Abhun falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Abhun is Theh Qalandar, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Abhun.

Abhun is about 75 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Abhun is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Theh Qalandar is about 6.5 km away. Fazilka is about 7.8 km away. Firozpur is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patti Puran (2.3 km), Jorki Kankarwali (2.7 km) and Chak Dabwala (2.8 km).

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

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