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About Saya Khurd Village

Saya Khurd is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 553 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saya Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saya Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141101
Area (hectares) 171 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 553
Female Population 466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saya Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Saya Khurd is the 97th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 893.

Getting to Saya Khurd

Saya Khurd 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 Saya Khurd as Available within village. 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 Saya Khurd from other places

Saya Khurd lies about 16 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Kila Raipur, about 2.2 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 Saya Khurd
Nearest railway station Kila Raipur 2.2 km
Nearest town Gil 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 16 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 16 km

Villages closest to Saya Khurd

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 Saya Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Saya Khurd village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 97th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Saya Khurd village has 553 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saya Khurd has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Saya Khurd is 141101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saya Khurd covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saya Khurd falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Saya Khurd is Kila Raipur, about 2.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Saya Khurd.

Saya Khurd is about 16 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saya Khurd is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Kila Raipur is about 2.2 km away. Gil is about 8.9 km away. Ludhiana East is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saya Kalan (under 2 km), Kaind (2.3 km) and Gopalpur Bulandewal (2.8 km).

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

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