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About Billi Baraich Village

Billi Baraich is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 413 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Billi Baraich Overview

Census 2011 figures for Billi Baraich village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144701
Area (hectares) 189 hectares
Population 801
Male Population 413
Female Population 388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Billi Baraich compares

By the 2011 count Billi Baraich is the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 956.

Getting to Billi Baraich

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

Billi Baraich lies about 28 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 7.6 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 Billi Baraich
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 11 km
Nearest town Nakodar 14 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 28 km

Villages closest to Billi Baraich

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahkot 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 Billi Baraich

As per the Census of India 2011, Billi Baraich village had a population of 801. That makes it the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Billi Baraich village has 413 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Billi Baraich has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Billi Baraich is 144701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Billi Baraich covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Billi Baraich falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Billi Baraich is Malsian Shahkot, about 7.6 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 Billi Baraich.

Billi Baraich is about 28 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Billi Baraich is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Malsian Shahkot is about 7.6 km away. Shahkot is about 11 km away. Nakodar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chawinda (under 2 km), Dhadha Daulatpur (1.6 km) and Billi Chao (2.0 km).

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

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