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About Saprai Village

Saprai is a large village in Jalandhar I tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,105, made up of 1,116 males and 989 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saprai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saprai village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar I
Pincode 144020
Area (hectares) 439.48 hectares
Population 2,105
Male Population 1,116
Female Population 989
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saprai compares

By the 2011 count Saprai is the 20th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents. Its 439.48 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 946.

Getting to Saprai

Saprai 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 Saprai as Available within <5 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 Saprai from other places

Saprai lies about 23 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Machrowal, about 8.7 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 Saprai
Nearest railway station Machrowal 8.7 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar I 23 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 23 km

Villages closest to Saprai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar I 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 Saprai

As per the Census of India 2011, Saprai village had a population of 2,105. That makes it the 20th largest of the 134 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,268 residents.

Saprai village has 1,116 males and 989 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saprai has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Saprai is 144020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saprai covers 439.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saprai falls under Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Saprai is Machrowal, about 8.7 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 village for Saprai.

Saprai is about 23 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saprai is in Jalandhar I tehsil of Jalandhar district. Machrowal is about 8.7 km away. Kartārpur is about 11 km away. Jalandhar I is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagwanpur (2.9 km), Mubarakpur (5.7 km) and Jagrawan (8.6 km).

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

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