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About Burwala Village

Burwala is a mid sized village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,116, made up of 586 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burwala village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Pincode 152022
Area (hectares) 457.36 hectares
Population 1,116
Male Population 586
Female Population 530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Burwala compares

By the 2011 count Burwala is the 91st largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents. Its 457.36 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Burwala

Burwala 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 Burwala 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Burwala from other places

Burwala lies about 44 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jiwa Arain, about 4.5 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 Burwala
Nearest railway station Jiwa Arain 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalalabad 5.9 km
Nearest town Jalālābād 5.9 km
District headquarters Firozpur 44 km

Villages closest to Burwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Burwala village had a population of 1,116. That makes it the 91st largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,456 residents.

Burwala village has 586 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burwala has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Burwala is 152022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burwala covers 457.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burwala falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Burwala is Jiwa Arain, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Burwala is about 44 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burwala is in Jalalabad tehsil of Firozpur district. Jiwa Arain is about 4.5 km away. Jalalabad is about 5.9 km away. Jalālābād is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Burwala (under 2 km), Chak Sawah Wala (1.7 km) and Sawahwala (2.6 km).

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

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