About Binjal Village

Binjal is a mid sized village in Raikot tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,787, made up of 949 males and 838 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binjal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binjal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Raikot
Pincode	142037
Area (hectares)	352 hectares
Population	1,787
Male Population	949
Female Population	838
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Binjal compares

By the 2011 count Binjal is the 37th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents. Its 352 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, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Binjal

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

Binjal lies about 39 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Jagraon, about 14 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 Binjal
Tehsil headquarters	Raikot	7.7 km
Nearest town	Rāikot	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jagraon	14 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	39 km

Villages closest to Binjal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Binjal village had a population of 1,787. That makes it the 37th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents.

Binjal village has 949 males and 838 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binjal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Binjal is 142037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binjal covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Binjal falls under Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Binjal is Jagraon, about 14 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 Binjal.

Binjal is about 39 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binjal is in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district. Raikot is about 7.7 km away. Rāikot is about 7.7 km away. Jagraon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.