About Saharan Majra Village

Saharan Majra is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,699, made up of 910 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saharan Majra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saharan Majra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141117
Area (hectares)	488 hectares
Population	1,699
Male Population	910
Female Population	789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saharan Majra compares

By the 2011 count Saharan Majra is the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 488 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Saharan Majra

Saharan Majra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saharan Majra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Saharan Majra from other places

Saharan Majra lies about 47 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 9.0 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 Saharan Majra
Nearest town	Khanna	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Mandi Gobindgarh	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	18 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	47 km

Villages closest to Saharan Majra

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 Saharan Majra

As per the Census of India 2011, Saharan Majra village had a population of 1,699. That makes it the 34th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Saharan Majra village has 910 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saharan Majra has about 867 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 Saharan Majra is 141117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saharan Majra covers 488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saharan Majra falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Saharan Majra is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 9.0 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 village for Saharan Majra.

Saharan Majra is about 47 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saharan Majra is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Khanna is about 8.7 km away. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 9.0 km away. Payal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.