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About Swaddi Kalan Village

Swaddi Kalan is a large village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,804, made up of 2,586 males and 2,218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1737 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Swaddi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Swaddi Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Jagraon
Pincode 142024
Area (hectares) 1737 hectares
Population 4,804
Male Population 2,586
Female Population 2,218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Swaddi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Swaddi Kalan is the 13th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 1737 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Swaddi Kalan

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

Swaddi Kalan lies about 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Dhat, about 6.1 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 Swaddi Kalan
Nearest railway station Dhat 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagraon 14 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 26 km

Villages closest to Swaddi Kalan

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.

Common questions about Swaddi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Swaddi Kalan village had a population of 4,804. That makes it the 13th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Swaddi Kalan village has 2,586 males and 2,218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Swaddi Kalan has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

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

Swaddi Kalan covers 1737 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Swaddi Kalan falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Swaddi Kalan is Dhat, about 6.1 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 Swaddi Kalan.

Swaddi Kalan is about 26 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Swaddi Kalan is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Dhat is about 6.1 km away. Jagraon is about 14 km away. Ludhiana is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talwandi Kalan (2.0 km), Majri (2.8 km) and Virk (2.8 km).

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

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