About Maira Kalan Village

Maira Kalan is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 168 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maira Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maira Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145025
Area (hectares)	539 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	168
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maira Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Maira Kalan is the 264th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 539 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Maira Kalan

Maira Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maira Kalan as Available within 10+ 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 Maira Kalan from other places

Maira Kalan lies about 50 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about 12 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 Maira Kalan
Nearest railway station	Madhopur Punjab	12 km
Nearest town	Mamun	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	15 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	50 km

Villages closest to Maira Kalan

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

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Common questions about Maira Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Maira Kalan village had a population of 312. That makes it the 264th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Maira Kalan village has 168 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maira Kalan has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Maira Kalan is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maira Kalan covers 539 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maira Kalan falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Maira Kalan is Madhopur Punjab, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maira Kalan.

Maira Kalan is about 50 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maira Kalan is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Madhopur Punjab is about 12 km away. Mamun is about 14 km away. Pathankot is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.