About Bazurg Village

Bazurg is a mid sized village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,418, made up of 747 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bazurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bazurg village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	142026
Area (hectares)	357 hectares
Population	1,418
Male Population	747
Female Population	671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bazurg compares

By the 2011 count Bazurg is the 68th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 357 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Bazurg

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

How far is Bazurg from other places

Bazurg lies about 32 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chaukiman, about 7.5 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 Bazurg
Nearest railway station	Chaukiman	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	9.9 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	32 km

Villages closest to Bazurg

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bazurg village had a population of 1,418. That makes it the 68th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Bazurg village has 747 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bazurg has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Bazurg is 142026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bazurg covers 357 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bazurg falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bazurg is Chaukiman, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

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

Bazurg is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chaukiman is about 7.5 km away. Jagraon is about 9.9 km away. Ludhiana is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.