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About Butran Village

Butran is a mid sized village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 766 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 517.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butran village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar II
Pincode 144622
Area (hectares) 517.8 hectares
Population 1,516
Male Population 766
Female Population 750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Butran compares

By the 2011 count Butran is the 44th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 517.8 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Butran

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

How far is Butran from other places

Butran lies about 25 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Bhogpur Sirwal, about 6.0 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 Butran
Nearest railway station Bhogpur Sirwal 6.0 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar II 25 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 25 km

Villages closest to Butran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butran village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 44th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Butran village has 766 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butran has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Butran is 144622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butran covers 517.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butran falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Butran is Bhogpur Sirwal, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Butran.

Butran is about 25 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butran is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Bhogpur Sirwal is about 6.0 km away. Kartārpur is about 14 km away. Jalandhar II is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatnura Lubana (2.0 km), Chaharke (2.4 km) and Kurala (2.7 km).

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

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