About Zirakh Village

Zirakh is a mid sized village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 714 males and 617 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Zirakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Zirakh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	142023
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	1,331
Male Population	714
Female Population	617
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Zirakh compares

By the 2011 count Zirakh is the 49th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Zirakh

Zirakh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Zirakh 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 Zirakh from other places

Zirakh lies about 26 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Ahmedgarh, about 12 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 Zirakh
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	11 km
Nearest railway station	Ahmedgarh	12 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	26 km

Villages closest to Zirakh

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 Zirakh

As per the Census of India 2011, Zirakh village had a population of 1,331. That makes it the 49th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Zirakh village has 714 males and 617 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Zirakh has about 864 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 Zirakh is 142023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Zirakh covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Zirakh falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Zirakh is Ahmedgarh, about 12 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 Zirakh.

Zirakh is about 26 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Zirakh is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Payal is about 11 km away. Ahmedgarh is about 12 km away. Ludhiana is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.