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About Sawai Bhokhari Village

Sawai Bhokhari is a mid sized village in Firozpur tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 886, made up of 469 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawai Bhokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawai Bhokhari village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Firozpur
Pincode 152023
Area (hectares) 243 hectares
Population 886
Male Population 469
Female Population 417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawai Bhokhari compares

By the 2011 count Sawai Bhokhari is the 147th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 906.

Getting to Sawai Bhokhari

Sawai Bhokhari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sawai Bhokhari 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sawai Bhokhari from other places

Sawai Bhokhari lies about 20 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jhok Tahal Singh, about 8.8 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 Sawai Bhokhari
Nearest railway station Jhok Tahal Singh 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Firozpur 20 km

Villages closest to Sawai Bhokhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Firozpur 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 Sawai Bhokhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawai Bhokhari village had a population of 886. That makes it the 147th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents.

Sawai Bhokhari village has 469 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawai Bhokhari has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

The pincode recorded for Sawai Bhokhari is 152023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawai Bhokhari covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawai Bhokhari falls under Firozpur tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sawai Bhokhari is Jhok Tahal Singh, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sawai Bhokhari is about 20 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawai Bhokhari is in Firozpur tehsil of Firozpur district. Jhok Tahal Singh is about 8.8 km away. Firozpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakha Singhwala Uttar (under 2 km), Chak Sawai Khurd (under 2 km) and Jama Rakhia Uttar (1.8 km).

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

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