About Porain Village

Porain is a large village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,331, made up of 1,191 males and 1,140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 896 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porain village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	141110
Area (hectares)	896 hectares
Population	2,331
Male Population	1,191
Female Population	1,140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Porain compares

By the 2011 count Porain is the 37th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 896 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Porain

Porain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Porain 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 Porain from other places

Porain lies about 22 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Mullanpur, about 10 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 Porain
Nearest railway station	Mullanpur	10 km
Nearest town	Phillaur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	20 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	22 km

Villages closest to Porain

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 Porain

As per the Census of India 2011, Porain village had a population of 2,331. That makes it the 37th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Porain village has 1,191 males and 1,140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porain has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Porain is 141110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porain covers 896 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porain falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Porain is Mullanpur, about 10 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 Porain.

Porain is about 22 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porain is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Mullanpur is about 10 km away. Phillaur is about 20 km away. Jagraon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.