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About Boparai Khurd Village

Boparai Khurd is a large village in Raikot tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,629, made up of 1,386 males and 1,243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boparai Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boparai Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Raikot
Pincode 142037
Area (hectares) 518 hectares
Population 2,629
Male Population 1,386
Female Population 1,243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Boparai Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Boparai Khurd is the 21st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents. Its 518 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Boparai Khurd

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

Boparai Khurd lies about 45 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Jagraon, about 23 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 Boparai Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Raikot 7.5 km
Nearest town Rāikot 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Jagraon 23 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 45 km

Villages closest to Boparai Khurd

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.

Common questions about Boparai Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Boparai Khurd village had a population of 2,629. That makes it the 21st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents.

Boparai Khurd village has 1,386 males and 1,243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boparai Khurd has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

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

Boparai Khurd covers 518 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Boparai Khurd falls under Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Boparai Khurd is Jagraon, about 23 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 Boparai Khurd.

Boparai Khurd is about 45 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boparai Khurd is in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district. Raikot is about 7.5 km away. Rāikot is about 7.5 km away. Jagraon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhurkot (1.9 km), Kalsan (1.9 km) and Jalaldiwal (2.9 km).

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

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