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About Winjwan Village

Winjwan is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 767 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Winjwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Winjwan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143505
Area (hectares) 221 hectares
Population 1,460
Male Population 767
Female Population 693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Winjwan compares

By the 2011 count Winjwan is the 113th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Winjwan

The census records public bus service for Winjwan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Winjwan from other places

Winjwan lies about 26 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Sugar Mills, about 2.7 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 Winjwan
Nearest railway station Batala Sugar Mills 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 6.9 km
Nearest town Batāla 6.9 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 26 km

Villages closest to Winjwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Winjwan village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 113th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Winjwan village has 767 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Winjwan has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Winjwan is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Winjwan covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Winjwan falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Winjwan is Batala Sugar Mills, about 2.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Winjwan.

Winjwan is about 26 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Winjwan is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Sugar Mills is about 2.7 km away. Batala is about 6.9 km away. Batāla is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shampur (1.8 km), Jaura Singha (2.0 km) and Kotla Sahya (2.2 km).

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

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