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About Farid Sarai Village

Farid Sarai is a mid sized village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,505, made up of 751 males and 754 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Farid Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Farid Sarai village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi
Pincode 144626
Area (hectares) 422.1 hectares
Population 1,505
Male Population 751
Female Population 754
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Farid Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Farid Sarai is the 14th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 422.1 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 923.

Getting to Farid Sarai

Farid Sarai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Farid Sarai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Farid Sarai from other places

Farid Sarai lies about 30 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Lohian Khas Junction, about 2.1 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 Farid Sarai
Nearest railway station Lohian Khas Junction 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sultanpur Lodhi 5.2 km
Nearest town Zira 29 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 30 km

Villages closest to Farid Sarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sultanpur Lodhi 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 Farid Sarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Farid Sarai village had a population of 1,505. That makes it the 14th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Farid Sarai village has 751 males and 754 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Farid Sarai has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Farid Sarai is 144626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Farid Sarai covers 422.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Farid Sarai falls under Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Farid Sarai is Lohian Khas Junction, about 2.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Farid Sarai.

Farid Sarai is about 30 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Farid Sarai is in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. Lohian Khas Junction is about 2.1 km away. Sultanpur Lodhi is about 5.2 km away. Zira is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shatabgarh (1.6 km), Jabbowal (1.6 km) and Suchetgarh (2.9 km).

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

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