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About Bilga Village

Bilga is a large village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,003, made up of 1,060 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilga village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141120
Area (hectares) 374 hectares
Population 2,003
Male Population 1,060
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bilga compares

By the 2011 count Bilga is the 47th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 374 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Bilga

Bilga is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bilga 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bilga from other places

Bilga lies about 17 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 3.1 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 Bilga
Nearest railway station Sanehwal 3.1 km
Nearest town Sānehwāl 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 17 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 17 km

Villages closest to Bilga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Bilga

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilga village had a population of 2,003. That makes it the 47th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Bilga village has 1,060 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilga has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Bilga is 141120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilga covers 374 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bilga falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bilga is Sanehwal, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bilga.

Bilga is about 17 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilga is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Sanehwal is about 3.1 km away. Sānehwāl is about 3.4 km away. Ludhiana East is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majara (1.6 km), Sahnewal Khurd (2.0 km) and Umedpur (2.1 km).

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

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