About Hans Village

Hans is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 656 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hans village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141117
Area (hectares)	169 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	656
Female Population	563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hans compares

By the 2011 count Hans is the 60th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 169 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Hans

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

How far is Hans from other places

Hans lies about 48 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 9.9 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 Hans
Nearest railway station	Mandi Gobindgarh	9.9 km
Nearest town	Gobindgarh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	20 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	48 km

Villages closest to Hans

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 Hans

As per the Census of India 2011, Hans village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 60th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Hans village has 656 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hans has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Hans is 141117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hans covers 169 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Hans falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Hans is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 9.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Hans.

Hans is about 48 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hans is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 9.9 km away. Gobindgarh is about 10 km away. Payal is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.