About Jhanda Village

Jhanda is a large village in Ludhiana West tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,075, made up of 1,102 males and 973 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Jhanda compares

By the 2011 count Jhanda is the 50th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents. Its 388 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 898.

Getting to Jhanda

Jhanda 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 Jhanda 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 Jhanda from other places

Jhanda lies about 9.9 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Badowal, about 1.6 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.

Villages closest to Jhanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana West tehsil.

• Akalgarh Urf Lalton Khurd under 2 km
• Tharike under 2 km
• Lalton Kalan 2.1 km
• Baddowal 2.1 km
• Dad 3.0 km
• Pamal 3.7 km

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.