About Lit Village

Lit is a mid sized village in Bhulath tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,151, made up of 563 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lit village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Bhulath
Pincode	144401
Area (hectares)	319.6 hectares
Population	1,151
Male Population	563
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Lit compares

By the 2011 count Lit is the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 319.6 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Lit

Lit 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 Lit as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lit from other places

Lit lies about 16 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Hamira, about 6.6 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 Lit
Nearest town	Kartārpur	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Hamira	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhulath	16 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	16 km

Villages closest to Lit

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhulath 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 Lit

As per the Census of India 2011, Lit village had a population of 1,151. That makes it the 27th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Lit village has 563 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lit has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Lit is 144401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lit covers 319.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lit falls under Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Lit is Hamira, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lit.

Lit is about 16 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lit is in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district. Kartārpur is about 6.2 km away. Hamira is about 6.6 km away. Bhulath is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.