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About Phul Village

Phul is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 307 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phul village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144629
Area (hectares) 200 hectares
Population 591
Male Population 307
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Phul compares

By the 2011 count Phul is the 101st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 200 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Phul

Phul 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 Phul 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phul from other places

Phul lies about 39 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Kang Khurd, about 2.6 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 Phul
Nearest railway station Kang Khurd 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 12 km
Nearest town Nakodar 23 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 39 km

Villages closest to Phul

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 Phul

As per the Census of India 2011, Phul village had a population of 591. That makes it the 101st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Phul village has 307 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phul has about 925 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 Phul is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phul covers 200 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Phul falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Phul is Kang Khurd, about 2.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Phul.

Phul 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.

Phul is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Kang Khurd is about 2.6 km away. Shahkot is about 12 km away. Nakodar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghuduwal (under 2 km), Nawanpind Donawala (1.7 km) and Khosa (2.4 km).

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

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