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About Behlolpur Village

Behlolpur is a mid sized village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 346 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behlolpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behlolpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak
Pincode 143511
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 346
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behlolpur compares

By the 2011 count Behlolpur is the 68th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Behlolpur

Behlolpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behlolpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Behlolpur from other places

Behlolpur lies about 9.6 km from Gurdaspur. 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 Behlolpur
District headquarters Gurdaspur 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Baba Nanak 32 km

Villages closest to Behlolpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Baba Nanak 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 Behlolpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Behlolpur village had a population of 634. That makes it the 68th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Behlolpur village has 346 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behlolpur has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Behlolpur is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behlolpur covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behlolpur falls under Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The census record for Behlolpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Behlolpur.

Behlolpur is about 9.6 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behlolpur is in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Gurdaspur is about 9.6 km away. Dera Baba Nanak is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira Sultan (1.6 km), Talwandi Goraya (2.5 km) and Talwandi Hinduan (2.5 km).

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

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