About Sarota Village

Sarota is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 143 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarota village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	405026
Area (hectares)	156 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	143
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarota compares

By the 2011 count Sarota is the 277th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 156 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Sarota

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

How far is Sarota from other places

Sarota lies about 32 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 15 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 Sarota
Nearest railway station	Budhi	15 km
Nearest town	Kathua	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	27 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Sarota

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 Sarota

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarota village had a population of 264. That makes it the 277th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Sarota village has 143 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarota has about 846 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 Sarota is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarota covers 156 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarota falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sarota is Budhi, about 15 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sarota.

Sarota is about 32 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarota is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Budhi is about 15 km away. Kathua is about 16 km away. Pathankot is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.