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About Panjrukha Village

Panjrukha is a mid sized village in Khanna tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 972, made up of 540 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141414, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjrukha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjrukha village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Khanna
Pincode 141414
Area (hectares) 265 hectares
Population 972
Male Population 540
Female Population 432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjrukha compares

By the 2011 count Panjrukha is the 46th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 900.

Getting to Panjrukha

Panjrukha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjrukha as Available within <5 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 Panjrukha from other places

Panjrukha lies about 38 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chawapail, about 14 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 Panjrukha
Nearest railway station Chawapail 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Khanna 14 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 38 km

Villages closest to Panjrukha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjrukha village had a population of 972. That makes it the 46th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,405 residents.

Panjrukha village has 540 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjrukha has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

The pincode recorded for Panjrukha is 141414. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjrukha covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjrukha falls under Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panjrukha is Chawapail, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panjrukha.

Panjrukha is about 38 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjrukha is in Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chawapail is about 14 km away. Khanna is about 14 km away. Ludhiana is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Fatehpur Dhak (under 2 km) and Jalajan (2.1 km).

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

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