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About Haraichan Village

Haraichan is a large village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,065, made up of 1,098 males and 967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haraichan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haraichan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Payal
Pincode 141421
Area (hectares) 469 hectares
Population 2,065
Male Population 1,098
Female Population 967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Haraichan compares

By the 2011 count Haraichan is the 25th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 469 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 912.

Getting to Haraichan

Haraichan 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 Haraichan 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 Haraichan from other places

Haraichan lies about 51 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 16 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 Haraichan
Nearest railway station Mandi Gobindgarh 16 km
Nearest town Gobindgarh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Payal 22 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 51 km

Villages closest to Haraichan

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.

Common questions about Haraichan

As per the Census of India 2011, Haraichan village had a population of 2,065. That makes it the 25th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Haraichan village has 1,098 males and 967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Haraichan has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Haraichan is 141421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Haraichan covers 469 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Haraichan falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Haraichan is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 16 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 Haraichan.

Haraichan is about 51 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Haraichan is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 16 km away. Gobindgarh is about 16 km away. Payal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirthala (4.4 km), Hans (6.4 km) and Alampur Urf Chapra (7.3 km).

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

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