About Sherian Village

Sherian is a mid sized village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 302 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Ludhiana East
Pincode	141115
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	563
Male Population	302
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherian compares

By the 2011 count Sherian is the 131st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Sherian

Sherian is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherian as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sherian from other places

Sherian lies about 23 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 11 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 Sherian
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Lal kalan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ludhiana East	23 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	23 km

Villages closest to Sherian

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.

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Common questions about Sherian

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherian village had a population of 563. That makes it the 131st largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Sherian village has 302 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherian has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Sherian is 141115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherian covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sherian is Lal kalan, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sherian.

Sherian is about 23 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherian is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 9.8 km away. Lal kalan is about 11 km away. Ludhiana East is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.