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About Talwandi Sanghra Village

Talwandi Sanghra is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,455, made up of 727 males and 728 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talwandi Sanghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talwandi Sanghra village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144703
Area (hectares) 534.6 hectares
Population 1,455
Male Population 727
Female Population 728
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Talwandi Sanghra compares

By the 2011 count Talwandi Sanghra is the 22nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 534.6 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Talwandi Sanghra

Talwandi Sanghra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Talwandi Sanghra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Talwandi Sanghra from other places

Talwandi Sanghra lies about 32 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Gahandran, about 4.9 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 Talwandi Sanghra
Nearest railway station Gahandran 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 6.4 km
Nearest town Nakodar 8.7 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 32 km

Villages closest to Talwandi Sanghra

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 Talwandi Sanghra

As per the Census of India 2011, Talwandi Sanghra village had a population of 1,455. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Talwandi Sanghra village has 727 males and 728 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talwandi Sanghra has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Talwandi Sanghra is 144703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talwandi Sanghra covers 534.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talwandi Sanghra falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Talwandi Sanghra is Gahandran, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Talwandi Sanghra.

Talwandi Sanghra is about 32 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talwandi Sanghra is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Gahandran is about 4.9 km away. Shahkot is about 6.4 km away. Nakodar is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohal Jagir (under 2 km), Tut Shersingh (2.3 km) and Sadiqpur (2.7 km).

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

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