About Parjian Kalan Village

Parjian Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,569, made up of 829 males and 740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parjian Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parjian Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144041
Area (hectares)	579 hectares
Population	1,569
Male Population	829
Female Population	740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parjian Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Parjian Kalan is the 18th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 579 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 956.

Getting to Parjian Kalan

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

Parjian Kalan lies about 38 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, 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 Parjian Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	10 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	14 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	38 km

Villages closest to Parjian Kalan

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.

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Common questions about Parjian Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Parjian Kalan village had a population of 1,569. That makes it the 18th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Parjian Kalan village has 829 males and 740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parjian Kalan has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Parjian Kalan is 144041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parjian Kalan covers 579 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parjian Kalan falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Parjian Kalan is Malsian Shahkot, 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 Parjian Kalan.

Parjian Kalan is about 38 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parjian Kalan is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Shahkot is about 8.7 km away. Malsian Shahkot is about 10 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.