About Virk Village

Virk is a mid sized village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,617, made up of 825 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Virk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Virk village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	142024
Area (hectares)	604 hectares
Population	1,617
Male Population	825
Female Population	792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Virk compares

By the 2011 count Virk is the 57th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 604 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Virk

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

How far is Virk from other places

Virk lies about 29 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chaukiman, about 5.9 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 Virk
Nearest railway station	Chaukiman	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	12 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	29 km

Villages closest to Virk

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 Virk

As per the Census of India 2011, Virk village had a population of 1,617. That makes it the 57th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Virk village has 825 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Virk has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Virk is 142024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Virk covers 604 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Virk falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Virk is Chaukiman, about 5.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Virk.

Virk is about 29 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Virk is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chaukiman is about 5.9 km away. Jagraon is about 12 km away. Ludhiana is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.