About Turan Village

Turan is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 287 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144416
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	287
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turan compares

By the 2011 count Turan is the 174th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Turan

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

Turan lies about 39 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 10 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 Turan
Nearest railway station	Bahram	10 km
Nearest town	Banga	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	14 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	39 km

Villages closest to Turan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turan village had a population of 556. That makes it the 174th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Turan village has 287 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turan has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Turan is 144416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turan covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turan falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Turan is Bahram, about 10 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 Turan.

Turan is about 39 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turan is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Bahram is about 10 km away. Banga is about 13 km away. Phillaur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.