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About Reru Village

Reru is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 832, made up of 434 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Reru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Reru village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144702
Area (hectares) 238.05 hectares
Population 832
Male Population 434
Female Population 398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Reru compares

By the 2011 count Reru is the 65th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 238.05 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Reru

Reru 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 Reru as Available within 10+ 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 Reru from other places

Reru lies about 25 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Nakodar Junction, about under 2 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 Reru
Nearest railway station Nakodar Junction under 2 km
Nearest town Nakodar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 15 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 25 km

Villages closest to Reru

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 Reru

As per the Census of India 2011, Reru village had a population of 832. That makes it the 65th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Reru village has 434 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Reru has about 917 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 Reru is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Reru covers 238.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Reru falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Reru is Nakodar Junction, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Reru.

Reru 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.

Reru is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Nakodar Junction is about under 2 km away. Nakodar is about under 2 km away. Shahkot is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Heran (6.8 km), Pandher (7.0 km) and Shergarh (7.0 km).

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

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