About Burkara Village

Burkara is a small village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 158 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burkara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141119
Area (hectares)	237 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	158
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Burkara compares

By the 2011 count Burkara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 237 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Burkara

Burkara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Burkara 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Burkara from other places

Burkara lies about 62 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sirhind Juntion, about 7.0 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 Burkara
Nearest railway station	Sirhind Juntion	7.0 km
Nearest town	Sirhind	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	33 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	62 km

Villages closest to Burkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Burkara village had a population of 305. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Burkara village has 158 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burkara has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Burkara is 141119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burkara covers 237 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Burkara falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Burkara is Sirhind Juntion, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Burkara.

Burkara is about 62 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burkara is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Sirhind Juntion is about 7.0 km away. Sirhind is about 9.1 km away. Payal is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.